Kakwa people

The Kakwa are an ethnic group in northwestern Uganda, South Sudan, and northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, from Nilotic origin. They are part of Karo people (East Africa) which also includes Bari, Pojulu Mundari, Kuku and Nyangwara. Their language is also called Kutuk na Kakwa , itself an Eastern Nilotic language. The economy consists of cultivating corn, millet, potatoes, cassava, and cattle. Their region is booming in business.

Former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, was born into the Kakwa ethnic group. After Amin was deposed in 1979, many Kakwa people were killed in revenge killings, causing many to leave the area. However, they have now returned to their native areas in the West Nile region of northern Uganda. The major cities of the Kakwa peoples are Yei and Morobo districts(Southern Sudan), Koboko district (Uganda), Imgbokolo and Aba (Congo). The Kakwa peoples some times refer to themselves as "Kakwa Saliya Musala", a phrase they commonly use to denote their 'oneness' though they are in three different countries.

External links

Kakwa entry from Ethnologue

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