Kakwa

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The Kakwa are a tribe situated in northwestern Uganda, southern Sudan, and northeastern Zaire, from Nilotic origin. The Kakwa people speak an Eastern Nilotic language. A group of related older men, who are turned to for judicial desicions, are the only kind of centralized government. The economy consists of cultivating corn, millet, potatoes, cassava, and cattle.

Former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, from 1971 to 1979, was born into the tribe and his father was raised Kakwa. During Idi Amin's rule, members of the Kakwas tribe held many important government posts. His body guards were also from the Kakwa tribe. After Amin was deposed in 1979, many Kakwa people were killed in revenge killings, causing many to leave the area. Many Kakwa people are Christians, which pits them at risk in Sudan.

References

• [many government officials Kakwas]
• [body guards]

External links

• [allrefer.com] from 1990
• [from library of congress]

 

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