MAKARAKA, or IDDIO (" Cannibals ")  , a negroid people of Central Africa, closely related to the powerful Azandeh or Niam-Niam race, occupying the Bahr-el-Ghazal west of Lado . They came originally from the country of the Kibas, north of the Welle . Dr W . Junker described them as among the most trust-worthy, industrious and intelligent people of the Bahr-el-Ghazal . They are a reddish-black, with nose less flat and cheek-bones less prominent than the ordinary negroes, and, unlike the latter, do not extract the incisors . Their long silky hair is built up in the most fantastic form by means of vegetable substances . They are well-known for strength and staying power . See W . Junker, Travels in Africa (189o-1892) .