Ma’di people

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The Ma’di people are an ethnic group of northeastern Africa, primarily living in South Sudan and northern Uganda, known for their distinct cultural traditions and Nilo-Saharan language.

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Label Occurrences
Ma’di people canonical 5

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
human population
affectedBy Second Sudanese Civil War
continent Africa
country Republic of South Sudan
linked to: South Sudan

Republic of Uganda
linked to: Uganda
countryOfCitizenship South Sudan
Uganda
dispersedTo refugee settlements in Uganda
ethnolect Ma’di language
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent
languageFamily Central Sudanic languages
Nilo-Saharan languages
locatedIn South Sudan
Uganda
northeastern Africa
marriageCustoms bridewealth payments
music call-and-response singing
drum-based dances
neighboringEthnicGroups Acholi people
Bari people
Kuku people NERFINISHED
Lokoya people NERFINISHED
Lugbara people NERFINISHED
Lulubo people NERFINISHED
oralTradition folktales
praise songs
proverbs
region Central Equatoria
Eastern Equatoria
Northern Uganda
religion Christianity
Islam
traditional African religions
socialOrganization clan-based system
traditionalCrops cassava
groundnuts
maize
millet
sorghum
traditionalEconomy animal husbandry
fishing
subsistence agriculture
traditionalReligionFeatures ancestor veneration
belief in spirits
writingSystem Latin alphabet for Ma’di language

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moru–Madi languages usedBy Ma’di people
Ma’di spokenBy Ma’di people
Ma’di ethnicGroup Ma’di people
Ma’di language ethnicGroup Ma’di people