Adio people
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Portrait of a Zande (Makaraka) warrior
The Adio (also called Iddio or Makaraka) are an ethnic group indigenous to Central Africa, closely related to the powerful Azande or NiamNiam, occupying the Bahr-el-Ghazal west of Lado. They came originally from the country of the , north of the Welle River. They do not extract the incisors.[1]
Currently, they form part of the population of the South Sudanese state of Central Equatoria. The Adio speak Kakwa and Mundu.[2]
References[]
- ^ public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Makaraka". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 451. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ Gurtong Peace Project
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