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The Dinka people (Dinka: Jiɛ̈ɛ̈ŋ) are a Nilotic ethnic group native to South Sudan.The Dinka mostly live along the Nile, from Mangalla-Bor [1] to Renk, in the region of Bahr el Ghazal, Upper Nile (two out of three provinces that were formerly part of southern Sudan), and the Abyei Area of the Ngok Dinka in South Sudan.
Angakuei is arguably the largest of all the tribal groups in Dinka Bor, and is divided into about 7 subsections namely: Leek Ajak, Kwai Ajak ( H.E Abel Alier is from this subsection), Deng Ajak (commonly known as Nyang Deng Ajak), Hol (also known Kuot Kut), Lith, Dongduor, Pen, and Akuak (the riverine section of Angakuei). The first three ...
Bor is a historic city in the Bor region of Jonglei State, located in the central region of South Sudan.It has also served as the headquarters of Jonglei state. [1] The city is situated on the east side of the White Nile (Bahr al Jabal River) at the southern extent of the sudd, South Sudan's vast central wetlands.
The capital of the state, Bor, became an administrative centre under the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1899 -1956) for the Dinka Bor.It was in Malek, a small settlement, about 19 kilometres (12 mi), south of Bor that the first modern Christian mission in present-day South Sudan was established by Archibald Shaw in December 1905. [4]
Dinka (natively Thuɔŋjäŋ, Thuɔŋ ë Jiɛ̈ɛ̈ŋ or simply Jiɛ̈ɛ̈ŋ) is a Nilotic dialect cluster spoken by the Dinka people, a major ethnic group of South Sudan. There are several main varieties, such as Padang, Rek, Agaar, Ciec, Malual, Apaak, Aliab, Bor, Hol, Nyarweng, Twic East and Twic Mayardit, which are distinct enough (though ...
By 1906, Bor District was a part of Mongalla Province, but later transferred to Upper Nile Province. [3] In 1909–1910, people started settling along the northern border of the Bor-Duk districts, with the aim of separating the Nuer and Dinka communities, who had formerly intermingled. [3]
The Dinka are the largest ethnic group recorded, followed by the Nuer as the second largest tribe in South Sudan, the Shilluk follows as the third in number. it's disputed that Bari is 4th according to their territory which is Juba county. Zande, also known as Azande, are the fifth largest tribe in South Sudan with a total population of 100,000 ...
The Bor massacre was a massacre of an estimated 2,000 civilians in Bor on November 15, 1991 during the Second Sudanese Civil War.The massacre [1] was carried out mostly by Nuer fighters from SPLA-Nasir, led by Riek Machar, and the militant group known as the Nuer White Army, shortly after Machar split off from the SPLA led by John Garang.