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Encyclopedia > Didinga

The Didinga are an ethnic group of about 100,000 people who inhabit the Didinga Hills region in East Equatoria in the southeastern corner of Sudan. East Equatoria East Equatoria (Sharq al Istiwaiyah) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. ...


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  • Joshua Project - Peoples by Country Profiles
  • Gurtong Peace Project on the Didinga

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:: Gurtong Peace Project - South Sudanese Communities :: (825 words)
The Didinga are pastoralists by inclination and agriculturalists by necessity.
Didinga youth are initiated into adulthood every 3 years in a ceremony (nameto) about the time they have grown their first head dress (temedik).
The Didinga neighbour the Boya to the north, Toposa to the east, Dodoth to the south, Dongotono to the south west, Lotuka and Lopit to the west.
Africa 12 (3822 words)
The Didinga of Chukudum in the Eastern Equatoria region of southern Sudan were deeply dissatisfied for years with the SPLA garrison in their town, claiming mistreatment by the Bor Dinka who dominated the garrison and whose families lived in nearby displaced persons camps.
A peace-making delegation appointed by the SPLA was not heeded; the SPLA claimed the Didinga were in league with a government militia.
A cease-fire was finally declared in August and the SPLA agreed to remove landmines it planted in the area.
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