ACHOLI  , a See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro See also:

• PEOPLE

people of the upper See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile valley, dwelling on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• BAHR

Bahr-el-See also:

• JEBEL (plur. jibed)

Jebel, about a See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert See also:

• NYANZA (from the ancient Bantu root word anza, a river or lake)

Nyanza . They are akin to the Shilluks of the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White Nile . They frequently decorate the temples or cheeks with wavy or zigzag scars, and also the thighs with scrolls; some See also:

• PIERCE, FRANKLIN (1804—1869)

pierce the ears . Their dwelling-places are circular has with a high See also:

• PEAK, THE

peak, furnished with a mud sleeping-See also:

• PLATFORM (Fr. plateforme, i.e. ground plan)

platform, jars of See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain and a sunk fireplace . The interior walls are daubed with mud and decorated with geometrical or conventional designs in red, white or See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey . The Acholi are See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good hunters, using nets and spears, and keep goats, See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep and See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle . In See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war they use spears and See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, narrow See also:

• SHIELDS, JAMES (181b-1879)

shields of See also:

• GIRAFFE

giraffe or ox hide . Their See also:

• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect is closely allied to those of the See also:

• ALUR (Lur, Luri, Lurem)

Alur, Lango and Ja-Luo tribes, all four being practically pure Nilotic . Their See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion is a vague See also:

• FETISHISM

fetishism . By See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early explorers the Acholi were called Shuli, a name now obsolete .