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KUKU TRIBE
1 – The People
Kuku are a people of the Southern Sudan. They belong to the tribes of the Bari speaking group of the Southern Sudan. (Bari, Mundari, Pöjulu, Kakwa, Nyangwara, Lulu’bö, Lugwara) They inhabit the agricultural lands of Equatorial region of Kajo Keji County. Kuku are well body built, black skinned, middle height and flat nosed people of the Hamates group in the Southern Sudan.
They are chiefly a farming people relying on mixed farming. During the rainy season they grow substantial food crops, mainly sorghum, (also known in Sudan as dura) maize, millet, cassava, sweet potatoes, and beans. In the dry season they manage a small scale of cattle, goats and sheep keeping. Kuku are good beekeepers too. They also practice collective hunting during the dry seasons.
2 – Belief and God
Kuku agricultural lifestyle is reflected in their religious belief and practices, which is more or less Jewish in chacter. They strongly belive that there is only one God and he lives somewhere. In practice they believe that all happenings to a family, a clan or the whole tribe take place as a result of their deeds. God who is merciful and kind speaks and acts to the people through their ancestors. The word for God in Kuku language is Ŋun and for man is ŋuto analyzed as Ŋuntu or separated into two words as Ŋun tu meaning exact image of God. Ŋun is invisible and therefore speaks and acts to the people in spirit. Kuku believe that Ŋun sends strong messages to the people through the spirits of their ancestors. The word for Spirit in Kuku language is Mulökötyo. There are two types of spirits, Good spirits and Bad spirits. Good spirits are called Mulökö Lo٫but and bad spirits called Mulökötyo Lorok.
Mulökö Lo٫but: speak and act to the people (grand children) by good messages of blessings like saving members of the family, clan or the tribe from disastrous moments. It brings sufficient rain at the right time of sowing food crops. Mulökö Lorok: do the opposite. They speak and act with bad messages of punishment to the people (grand children), like bringing sickness or even death to a family, clan or the tribe. It stops rain at the time of sowing food crops. Under this influence Kuku have maintained a strong family tree to keep them as close to Ŋun (God) as possible as they believe that God can only save you through your family ancestors.
With the penetration of Christianity into Africa, the Kuku traditional belief and religious lifestyle has produced strong Christian practices in the whole tribe and has created Christian fundamentalism in Kajo Keji.
3 – Language Kuku language also called Kutuk Na Bari (Bari language) belongs to the tribal family of Bari language group, of the Hamates tribes group of the Southern Sudan and the Northern Uganda. It is written by using the Latin alphabets with few additions.
Kuku Alphabets
A E I O U Ö – B D G J K L – M N P R S T – W Y ’B ’D Ý Ŋ – NY GB
a e i o ö – b d g j k l – m n p r s t – w y ’b ’d ý ŋ – ny gb
4 – Administrative Authority.
Kuku have no centralized form of administrative authority. Their administrative system emerges from bottom to top as follows:
Head of the Family – Husband (Money mede) Head of the Clan – Elder man in the Clan (Matat lo Köji) Head of the Village – Village Chief (Matat of Gboke) Head of the Area – Area Chief (Matat lo Paranet) Head of the Tribe – Head Chief (Matat lo ’Diko) Highest Authority man in the tribe.
4 – The Land – Kajo Keji
The land of the Kuku people is Kajo Keji County, and lays in the southernmost part of the Southern Sudan covering an area of almost 112,600Km². It composes of five administrative areas known as Payams. These are:
Kaŋapo I Kaŋapo II Lire Liwolo Ŋepo
Prepared and sent by: Baranya T.Chaplin Elia Date: September 12, 2005 This information is liable for correction by fellow Kuku tribesmen - Kajo-Keji
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