Nuer tribe Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

The Nuer are one of the largest group of people who live in southern Sudan and west Ethiopian region of Africa. The Nuer were one of the very few African groups that successfully fended off colonial powers in the early 1900s. Nuer warriors were noted to be one of the most skilled in East Africa, with weapons made of fine crafted iron. Since the Nuer were so successful at fending off European powers, they spent much of their time interacting with bordering African group called the Dinka. Often relations between the two groups were tense; the Nuer would often conduct very successful cattle raids against the Dinka. The Nuer group had a smaller population than the Dinka group, but were very well organized. The Nuer are a pastoral people that rely on cows for almost every aspect of their daily lives. Cows are exchanged between the Nuer and are used as currency in their own group. E. E. Evans Pritchard studied the Nuer and made very detailed accounts of his interactions. In his book, Nuer: A Description of the Modes of Livelihood and Political Institutions of a Nilotic People, describes Nuer cosmology and elaborates more on it in his other book, Nuer Religion.

Table of contents

1 Marking 2 Culture 3 Naming conventions 4 See also

Marking

Marks when 15. Adult members of the group have their face covered in slice style scaring, whereas Dinka are likely to have dot style scarring.

horizontal with a dip above the nose.

Culture

The tribe speak the Nuer language. The eastern Nuer border the Dinka tribe.

Typical food eaten by the Nuer tribe (or at least the author's sisters, who lived in Ethiopia while growing up) includes beef, sourdough corn ball pasta, Anjara bread (large, sour dough pancake) and mangos. The Nuer classify children born with extreme physical or mental disabilities as baby hippopotamus and send them down the river.

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Naming conventions

• Nya (nee ya) is the standard prefix used for female names
• Children are commonly numbered
• Niel means rain, and is a common name for males.
• The father's family name is incorporated into the child's full name

See also

• Lost Boys of Sudan
• Dinka tribe

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