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href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%87%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%96" title="Ачолі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Ачолі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acholi" title="Acholi – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Acholi" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acholi" title="Acholi – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Acholi" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acholi_(Ethnie)" title="Acholi (Ethnie) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Acholi (Ethnie)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acholi" title="Acholi – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Acholi" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C4%89olioj" title="Aĉolioj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Aĉolioj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%85_%D8%A2%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C" title="مردم آکولی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مردم آکولی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acholi_(peuple)" title="Acholi (peuple) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Acholi (peuple)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EC%B4%90%EB%A6%AC%EC%A1%B1" title="아촐리족 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아촐리족" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acholi" title="Acholi – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Acholi" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acholi" title="Acholi – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Acholi" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acholi" title="Acholi – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Acholi" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%A9%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_(%E1%83%AE%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%AE%E1%83%98)" title="აჩოლი (ხალხი) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="აჩოლი (ხალხი)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%87%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8" title="Ачоли – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Ачоли" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waacholi" title="Waacholi – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Waacholi" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C4%8Dioliai" title="Ačioliai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Ačioliai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acholi" title="Acholi – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Acholi" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/As%C3%B4ly_(vahoaka)" title="Asôly (vahoaka) – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Asôly (vahoaka)" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Acholi</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Acholi.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Flag_of_Acholi.svg/220px-Flag_of_Acholi.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Flag_of_Acholi.svg/330px-Flag_of_Acholi.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Flag_of_Acholi.svg/440px-Flag_of_Acholi.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Buchta_-_Portrait_of_an_Acholi_chief.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Richard_Buchta_-_Portrait_of_an_Acholi_chief.jpg/220px-Richard_Buchta_-_Portrait_of_an_Acholi_chief.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="318" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Richard_Buchta_-_Portrait_of_an_Acholi_chief.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="311" data-file-height="450" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The Acholi are an ethnic group that belongs to the Nilotic ethnic group of <a href="/wiki/Luo_peoples" title="Luo peoples">Luo peoples</a>, who are said to have come to northern Uganda from the area now known as Bahr el Ghazal (Sea of Gazelles) in South Sudan.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Total population</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">2,460,000<sup id="cite_ref-PeopleGroups_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PeopleGroups-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Regions with significant populations</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span data-sort-value="Uganda"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_Uganda.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uganda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_Uganda.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uganda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_Uganda.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uganda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uganda" title="Uganda">Uganda</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">2,400,000<sup id="cite_ref-PeopleGroups_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PeopleGroups-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span data-sort-value="South Sudan"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1140" data-file-height="570" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Sudan" title="South Sudan">South Sudan</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">134,000<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Languages</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Acholi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Acholi language">Acholi</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Religion</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> and <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Related ethnic groups</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Other <a href="/wiki/Nilotic_peoples" title="Nilotic peoples">Nilotic peoples</a><br />Especially other <a href="/wiki/Luo_peoples" title="Luo peoples">Luo peoples</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Acholi people</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/tʃ/: 'ch' in 'China'">tʃ</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span><span title="/./: syllable break">.</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">ə-<span style="font-size:90%">CHOH</span>-li</i></a>, also spelled <b>Acoli</b>) are a <a href="/wiki/Nilotic_peoples" title="Nilotic peoples">Nilotic</a> ethnic group of <a href="/wiki/Luo_peoples" title="Luo peoples">Luo peoples</a> (also spelled <b>Lwo</b>), found in <a href="/wiki/Magwi_County" title="Magwi County">Magwi County</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_Sudan" title="South Sudan">South Sudan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Region,_Uganda" title="Northern Region, Uganda">Northern Uganda</a> (an area commonly referred to as <b>Acholiland</b>), including the districts of <a href="/wiki/Agago_District" title="Agago District">Agago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amuru_District" title="Amuru District">Amuru</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gulu_District" title="Gulu District">Gulu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kitgum_District" title="Kitgum District">Kitgum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nwoya_District" title="Nwoya District">Nwoya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lamwo_District" title="Lamwo District">Lamwo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pader_District" title="Pader District">Pader</a> and <a href="/wiki/Omoro_District" title="Omoro District">Omoro District</a>. The Acholi were estimated to number 2.3 million people<sup id="cite_ref-PeopleGroups_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PeopleGroups-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and over 45,000 more were living in South Sudan in 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-Ethnologue_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ethnologue-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Language">Language</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Acholi_people&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/WIKITONGUES-_Opoka_speaking_Acholi.webm/220px--WIKITONGUES-_Opoka_speaking_Acholi.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" data-durationhint="19" data-mwtitle="WIKITONGUES-_Opoka_speaking_Acholi.webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:WIKITONGUES-_Opoka_speaking_Acholi.webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1a/WIKITONGUES-_Opoka_speaking_Acholi.webm/WIKITONGUES-_Opoka_speaking_Acholi.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1a/WIKITONGUES-_Opoka_speaking_Acholi.webm/WIKITONGUES-_Opoka_speaking_Acholi.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1a/WIKITONGUES-_Opoka_speaking_Acholi.webm/WIKITONGUES-_Opoka_speaking_Acholi.webm.1080p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="1080p.vp9.webm" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/WIKITONGUES-_Opoka_speaking_Acholi.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1a/WIKITONGUES-_Opoka_speaking_Acholi.webm/WIKITONGUES-_Opoka_speaking_Acholi.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1a/WIKITONGUES-_Opoka_speaking_Acholi.webm/WIKITONGUES-_Opoka_speaking_Acholi.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1a/WIKITONGUES-_Opoka_speaking_Acholi.webm/WIKITONGUES-_Opoka_speaking_Acholi.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AWIKITONGUES-_Opoka_speaking_Acholi.webm&lang=en&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="en" label="English ‪(en)‬" data-dir="ltr" /></video></span><figcaption>Opoka speaking Acholi.</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Acholi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Acholi language">Acholi language</a></div> <p>The Acholi <a href="/wiki/Dialect" title="Dialect">dialect</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Western_Nilotic_languages" title="Western Nilotic languages">Western Nilotic</a> language, classified as <a href="/wiki/Luo_languages" title="Luo languages">Luo</a> (or Lwo). It has similarity with <a href="/wiki/Alur_dialect" class="mw-redirect" title="Alur dialect">Alur</a>, Padhola language, and other Luo languages in South Sudan Shilluk, Anuak, Pari, Balanda, Boor, Thuri. Then in Kenya and Tanzania are the Joluo also known as the <a href="/wiki/Luo_peoples" title="Luo peoples">Luo</a>. </p><p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Song_of_Lawino" title="Song of Lawino">Song of Lawino</a></i>, one of the most successful African literary works, was written by <a href="/wiki/Okot_p%27Bitek" title="Okot p'Bitek">Okot p'Bitek</a>, published in 1966 in Acholi, and later translated to <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location">Location</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Acholi_people&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Acholiland,_Uganda.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Acholiland%2C_Uganda.png/220px-Acholiland%2C_Uganda.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="271" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Acholiland%2C_Uganda.png/330px-Acholiland%2C_Uganda.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Acholiland%2C_Uganda.png/440px-Acholiland%2C_Uganda.png 2x" data-file-width="487" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Acholiland, Uganda</figcaption></figure> <p>Acholi land or "Acoli-land" (also known as the Acholi sub-region) refers to the region traditionally inhabited by the Acholi. In the administrative structure of <a href="/wiki/Uganda" title="Uganda">Uganda</a>, Acholi is composed of the <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Uganda" title="Districts of Uganda">districts</a> of: </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Agago_District" title="Agago District">Agago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amuru_District" title="Amuru District">Amuru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulu_District" title="Gulu District">Gulu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitgum_District" title="Kitgum District">Kitgum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamwo_District" title="Lamwo District">Lamwo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nwoya_District" title="Nwoya District">Nwoya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pader_District" title="Pader District">Pader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omoro_District" title="Omoro District">Omoro</a></li></ol> <p>It encompasses about 28,500 km<sup>2</sup> (11,000 square miles) near the Uganda-Sudan border.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Its current population is estimated to be around 2,155,000 individuals, or six percent of the total national population.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While Acholi also live north of the <a href="/wiki/South_Sudan" title="South Sudan">South Sudanese</a> border, the Sudanese Acholi are often excluded from the political meaning of the term "Acholiland". </p><p>The word 'Acholi' is a misnomer that became adopted for convenience over the years. It refers to people known locally as <i>Luo Gang</i>. That is why the Lango neighbors refer to the Acholi as <i>Ugangi,</i> meaning people of the home. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Acholi_people&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Luo_peoples" title="Luo peoples">Luo peoples</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Acholi_Bwala_Dance,_Uganda.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Acholi_Bwala_Dance%2C_Uganda.jpg/220px-Acholi_Bwala_Dance%2C_Uganda.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Acholi_Bwala_Dance%2C_Uganda.jpg/330px-Acholi_Bwala_Dance%2C_Uganda.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Acholi_Bwala_Dance%2C_Uganda.jpg/440px-Acholi_Bwala_Dance%2C_Uganda.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2700" data-file-height="1785" /></a><figcaption>Acholi Bwala Dance, Uganda</figcaption></figure> <p>The presumed nominal forebears of the present-day Acholi group migrated South to Northern Uganda from the area now known as <a href="/wiki/Bahr_el_Ghazal_(region_of_South_Sudan)" title="Bahr el Ghazal (region of South Sudan)">Bahr el Ghazal</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_Sudan" title="South Sudan">South Sudan</a> by about 1,000 AD. Starting in the late seventeenth century, a new sociopolitical order developed among the Luo of Northern Uganda, mainly characterized by the formation of <a href="/wiki/Chiefdom" title="Chiefdom">chiefdoms</a> headed by <i>Rwodi</i> (sg. Rwot, 'ruler'). The chiefs traditionally came from one <a href="/wiki/Clan" title="Clan">clan</a>, and each chiefdom had several villages made up of different <a href="/wiki/Patrilineal" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrilineal">patrilineal</a> clans. By the mid-nineteenth century, about 60 small chiefdoms existed in eastern Acholi-land.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the second half of the nineteenth century, <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>-speaking traders from the north started to call them <i>Shooli</i>, a term which was transformed into 'Acholi'.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Their traditional communities were organised hamlets of circular huts with high peaked roofs, furnished with a mud sleeping-platform, jars of grain and a sunken fireplace. Women daubed the walls with mud, decorating them with geometrical or conventional designs in red, white or grey. The men were skilled hunters, using nets and spears. They also kept <a href="/wiki/Goat" title="Goat">goats</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sheep" title="Sheep">sheep</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cattle" title="Cattle">cattle</a>. The women were accomplished agriculturists, growing and processing a variety of food crops, including <a href="/wiki/Millet" title="Millet">millet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sesame" title="Sesame">simsim</a>, groundnuts, peas, <a href="/wiki/Sorghum" title="Sorghum">sorghum</a> and vegetables. In war, the men used spears and long, narrow shields of giraffe or ox hide. </p><p>During Uganda's <a href="/wiki/History_of_Uganda" title="History of Uganda">colonial period</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> encouraged political and economic development in the south of the country, in particular among the <a href="/wiki/Baganda" title="Baganda">Baganda</a>. In contrast, the Acholi and other northern ethnic groups supplied much of the national manual labor and came to comprise a majority of the military, creating what some have called a "military <a href="/wiki/Ethnocracy" title="Ethnocracy">ethnocracy</a>". </p><p>Many of the Acholi soldiers who joined the <a href="/wiki/Kings_African_Rifles" class="mw-redirect" title="Kings African Rifles">Kings African Rifles</a> (KAR), the British colonial army, were deployed to the frontlines in southeast Asia especially in Singapore and Burma during the World War II where they held British positions against an intense Japanese offensive. Notable among the Acholi soldiers who made the ranks were Gen. <a href="/wiki/Tito_Okello" title="Tito Okello">Tito Okello</a>-Lutwa, Brig. Pyerino Okoya and Lt. Gen <a href="/wiki/Bazilio_Olara-Okello" title="Bazilio Olara-Okello">Bazilio Olara-Okello</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Due to a changing economy, after the 1950s, fewer Acholi was recruited to the armed forces but continued to be associated with them in popular mythology and stereotypes.<sup id="cite_ref-conflict_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conflict-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2000s, James Ojent Latigo described some of Uganda's social problems as based on the way the political elites have used ethnicities to divide the country. He has noted that the emphasis on the distinction among ethnic groups has even been part of the internal government dialogue." He wrote, "Part of the structural causes of the conflict in Uganda has been explained as rooted in the 'diversity of ethnic groups which were at different levels of socio-economic development and political organization.' (Ugandan Parliamentary Committee on Defense and Internal Affairs 1997.)<sup id="cite_ref-conflict_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conflict-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He has written further, </p> <blockquote><p>"Since independence in 1962, Uganda has been plagued by ethnically driven, politically manipulated violence referred to by some as a history of 'cycles of revenge and mistrust'. Deep-rooted divisions and polarization remain between different ethnic groups, and these have been greatly exacerbated by the way in which the country’s leadership has developed since independence."<sup id="cite_ref-conflict_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conflict-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p><a href="/wiki/Milton_Obote" title="Milton Obote">Milton Obote</a>, the first leader after independence, relied on Acholi <a href="/wiki/Luo_people" title="Luo people">Luo people</a> and <a href="/wiki/Langi_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Langi people">Langi</a> Nilo <a href="/wiki/Hamites" title="Hamites">Hamites</a> or <a href="/wiki/Ateker_peoples" title="Ateker peoples">Ateker peoples</a> in government. <a href="/wiki/Idi_Amin" title="Idi Amin">Idi Amin</a> was also from north Uganda, but was of the <a href="/wiki/Kakwa_people" title="Kakwa people">Kakwa people</a>. He overthrew Obote's government and established a dictatorship, ultimately suppressing and killing 300,000 people, including many Acholi.<sup id="cite_ref-minority_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-minority-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> General <a href="/wiki/Tito_Okello" title="Tito Okello">Tito Okello</a> was an Acholi, and came to power in a military coup. He was defeated in January 1986. Despite the years of leadership by men from the North, that region continued to be marginalized economically after independence, and has suffered higher rates of poverty than other areas of the country.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After defeating Okello and his Acholi-dominated <a href="/wiki/Uganda_National_Liberation_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Uganda National Liberation Army">Uganda National Liberation Army</a>, now-President <a href="/wiki/Yoweri_Museveni" title="Yoweri Museveni">Yoweri Museveni</a> and his <a href="/wiki/National_Resistance_Army" title="National Resistance Army">National Resistance Army</a> conducted revenge killings in the north. Museveni has held absolute power since 1986,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> surviving unrest, civil war, and numerous attempts at coups.<sup id="cite_ref-minority_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-minority-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Acholi are known to the outside world mainly because of the long insurgency of the <a href="/wiki/Lord%27s_Resistance_Army" title="Lord's Resistance Army">Lord's Resistance Army</a> (LRA) led by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Kony" title="Joseph Kony">Joseph Kony</a>, an Acholi from <a href="/wiki/Gulu" title="Gulu">Gulu</a>. The activities of the LRA have been devastating within <a href="/wiki/Acholiland" class="mw-redirect" title="Acholiland">Acholi-land</a> (though they spread also to neighboring districts and countries). In September 1996, the Ugandan government moved hundreds of thousands of Acholi from the <a href="/wiki/Gulu" title="Gulu">Gulu</a> district into camps, ostensibly for their protection. Since 1996 this policy has expanded to encompass the entire rural Acholi population of four districts, one million people.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These camps had some of the highest mortality rates in the world, with an estimated 1,000 people dying per week at one point. <a href="/wiki/Malaria" title="Malaria">Malaria</a> and <a href="/wiki/AIDS" class="mw-redirect" title="AIDS">AIDS</a> have been the primary disease causes of deaths.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The refugees in the camps have also been subject to raids by both LRA and government forces.<sup id="cite_ref-minority_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-minority-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the height of the insurgency, 1.8 million people in the north were living in <a href="/wiki/Refugee_camp" title="Refugee camp">camps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-minority_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-minority-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Peace talks beginning in 2005 promised some relief to these people, and some camps were closed in 2007 as security in the north improved. As of September 2009, large numbers of Acholi people remained in camps as <a href="/wiki/Internally_displaced_person" title="Internally displaced person">internally displaced persons</a>. The long civil war in the North destroyed much of their society. </p><p>The majority of elected members of parliament in the Acholi sub-region are members of the opposition.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Acholi_people&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the 2002 Census of Uganda an estimated 72.3% of Acholi are <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a>, 23.6% are <a href="/wiki/Anglican" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican">Anglican</a>, 1.7% are <a href="/wiki/Pentecostal" class="mw-redirect" title="Pentecostal">Pentecostal</a> and 0.8% are <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Latigo, prior to colonialism, "the Acholi people maintained a traditional government that was rooted firmly in their religious beliefs, norms, and customs, which demanded peace and stability in Acholi-land at all times, based on their philosophy of life. This structure was maintained by the real anointed chiefs of the Acholi, the <i>rwodi moo.</i>"<sup id="cite_ref-Latigo_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Latigo-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although they were believed to have supernatural powers, the chiefs ruled through a Council of Clan Elders, so they never ruled singlehandedly. The council's representatives could mediate issues between clans, and essentially covered both civil and criminal functions, like a Supreme Court. It was a system of governance fully integrated with their religion and cosmology. </p><p>It was not until 1995 that a constitutional reform recognized such cultural leaders, but they have not been fully restored to previous powers, as so much of society has changed. In the pre-colonial era, all the Acholi believed in the same superior being, YA Latwer. Killing of a person was prohibited but if it took place, negotiations for blood money were led by the victim's family, with agreement followed by rituals of a reconciliation ceremony to restore the killer to the community, and to bring peace between clans.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, the people have important rituals for cleansing homes and sites, to welcome back people who have been away a long time, to clear spirits from places where killings have occurred, and to welcome people who have been captive. </p><p>The system values peace over justice, and has retributive and restorative aspects.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the LRA returnees, numbering 12,000, underwent <i>nyono tong gweno</i> ('stepping on the egg') after returning to their home villages, to help restore them to home.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is important because it is intended to restore communities to balance, and to bring people back into relation in their home communities, where ideally they would return at the end of the war. Purifications or <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/atonement" class="extiw" title="wikt:atonement">atonement</a> practices are still performed by Acholi elders in some communities.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The religious leaders have tried to help end the conflict in the country of the last two decades and to reconcile the parties. "In 1997, the Catholic, Anglican, Muslim, and later the Orthodox religious leaders of Acholi formalized their increasing cooperation on peace issues by setting up the Acholi Religious Leaders' Peace Initiative (ARLPI)."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have continued to work to end the war through negotiation. <a href="/wiki/Kitgum,_Uganda" title="Kitgum, Uganda">Kitgum</a>, Pader and Gulu, the three districts of the Acholi sub-region, each established peace forums for continuing discussions. In addition, the peace forums have worked to help establish the Amnesty Commission. They have also "played a vital role in Acholi traditional reconciliation processes and in preparing the community to receive former combatants."<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In discussing the peace talks of 2005–2007, Latigo noted leaders who called for a revival of the traditional processes of the indigenous people by which they worked for accountability and justice, namely, <i>mato oput.</i> <a href="/wiki/Ruhakana_Rugunda" title="Ruhakana Rugunda">Ruhakana Rugunda</a>, the Ugandan minister of internal affairs and leader of the government negotiating team, noted the effectiveness of the traditional system. He and others have suggested it could help the nation more than adopting the Western system of the <a href="/wiki/International_Criminal_Court" title="International Criminal Court">International Criminal Court</a> at <a href="/wiki/The_Hague" title="The Hague">The Hague</a> (although some charges had already been filed against LRA leaders in 2005 there).<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" style="max-width: 985px;"> <li class="gallerycaption">Acholi people photographed by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Buchta" title="Richard Buchta">Richard Buchta</a> (1877-1880)</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 189px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 184px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Buchta_-_Portrait_of_an_Acholi_man.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Acholi man"><img alt="Acholi man" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Richard_Buchta_-_Portrait_of_an_Acholi_man.jpg/131px-Richard_Buchta_-_Portrait_of_an_Acholi_man.jpg" decoding="async" width="131" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Richard_Buchta_-_Portrait_of_an_Acholi_man.jpg/197px-Richard_Buchta_-_Portrait_of_an_Acholi_man.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Richard_Buchta_-_Portrait_of_an_Acholi_man.jpg/263px-Richard_Buchta_-_Portrait_of_an_Acholi_man.jpg 2x" data-file-width="296" data-file-height="450" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Acholi man</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 189px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 184px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Buchta_-_Acholi_family_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Acholi family"><img alt="Acholi family" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Richard_Buchta_-_Acholi_family_portrait.jpg/135px-Richard_Buchta_-_Acholi_family_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="135" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Richard_Buchta_-_Acholi_family_portrait.jpg/203px-Richard_Buchta_-_Acholi_family_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Richard_Buchta_-_Acholi_family_portrait.jpg/271px-Richard_Buchta_-_Acholi_family_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="305" data-file-height="450" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Acholi family</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 189px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 184px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Buchta_-_Group_of_Acholi_warriors.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Acholi warriors"><img alt="Acholi warriors" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Richard_Buchta_-_Group_of_Acholi_warriors.jpg/132px-Richard_Buchta_-_Group_of_Acholi_warriors.jpg" decoding="async" width="132" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Richard_Buchta_-_Group_of_Acholi_warriors.jpg/198px-Richard_Buchta_-_Group_of_Acholi_warriors.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Richard_Buchta_-_Group_of_Acholi_warriors.jpg/265px-Richard_Buchta_-_Group_of_Acholi_warriors.jpg 2x" data-file-width="298" data-file-height="450" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Acholi warriors</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 189px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 184px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Buchta_-_Acholi_musical_instruments.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Acholi musical instruments"><img alt="Acholi musical instruments" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Richard_Buchta_-_Acholi_musical_instruments.jpg/129px-Richard_Buchta_-_Acholi_musical_instruments.jpg" decoding="async" width="129" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Richard_Buchta_-_Acholi_musical_instruments.jpg/194px-Richard_Buchta_-_Acholi_musical_instruments.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Richard_Buchta_-_Acholi_musical_instruments.jpg/258px-Richard_Buchta_-_Acholi_musical_instruments.jpg 2x" data-file-width="291" data-file-height="450" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Acholi musical instruments</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 189px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 184px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Buchta_-_Acholi_village.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Acholi village"><img alt="Acholi village" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Richard_Buchta_-_Acholi_village.jpg/154px-Richard_Buchta_-_Acholi_village.jpg" decoding="async" width="154" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Richard_Buchta_-_Acholi_village.jpg/231px-Richard_Buchta_-_Acholi_village.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Richard_Buchta_-_Acholi_village.jpg/308px-Richard_Buchta_-_Acholi_village.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="332" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Acholi village</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 189px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 184px; 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height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Buchta_-_Portrait_of_an_Acholi_woman.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Portrait of an Acholi woman"><img alt="Portrait of an Acholi woman" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Richard_Buchta_-_Portrait_of_an_Acholi_woman.jpg/133px-Richard_Buchta_-_Portrait_of_an_Acholi_woman.jpg" decoding="async" width="133" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Richard_Buchta_-_Portrait_of_an_Acholi_woman.jpg/200px-Richard_Buchta_-_Portrait_of_an_Acholi_woman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Richard_Buchta_-_Portrait_of_an_Acholi_woman.jpg/266px-Richard_Buchta_-_Portrait_of_an_Acholi_woman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="450" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Portrait of an Acholi woman</div> </li> </ul><p><b>Lamogi Rebellion</b> </p><p><b>Acholi Civil war (1986-1989)</b> </p><p>In January 1986, the junta government of Gen. Tito Okello-Lutwa in Uganda was overthrown by Museveni and his NRA rebels. Tito and Bazilio, who were Acholi by tribe, fled the country into exile. Soon after, the NRM started pacifying the northern region, which is home to several ethnics, including the Acholi and Lango.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The attempt to pacify the Northern Uganda was carried out recklessly with much brutality and unprofessionalism from the NRA soldiers and government.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This resulted in resistance building up in the region and soon a host of rebel groups sprang up in the north. Most prominent among them was the <a href="/wiki/Uganda_People%27s_Army" title="Uganda People's Army">Uganda People's Army (UPA)</a> in Teso and Lango sub region, the West Nile Bank Frontiers (WNBF) in the West Nile region, the <a href="/wiki/Uganda_People%27s_Democratic_Army" title="Uganda People's Democratic Army">Uganda People's Democratic Army</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Spirit_Movement" title="Holy Spirit Movement">Holy Spirit Movement</a> and the LRA in the Acholi region. These rebellions sprung up in defiance and from disapproval of the conduct and legitimacy of the new NRA government.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some of the groups in Acholi, like the UPDA, detested the Museveni regime because it had overthrown the government in which they served. They were also against the power consolidation approach of the NRA, which included mass arrest, torturing, killing, cattle raiding, food crop destruction, and looting and burning of villages.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The NRA managed to defeat all the rebel groups except the LRA which culminated in a 20-year conflict. At the peak of the conflict, 90% of the Acholi population moved into IDP camps designed as protected villages. The camps caused misery and suffering—with a conservative death toll of 1,000 people a week.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Conservative approaches estimates that at least 300,000 people died in the conflict that extended into the Sudan, Congo and Central African Republic.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Acholi_people&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2012 the American charity <a href="/wiki/Invisible_Children,_Inc." title="Invisible Children, Inc.">Invisible Children</a> produced a <a href="/wiki/Kony_2012" title="Kony 2012">documentary</a> about the LRA. The documentary was met with mixed reactions, with many people familiar with the situation dubbing it a shallow and money-grabbing scheme.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, it successfully popularized the LRA in the West.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_31-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, the multi award-winning film, <a href="/wiki/A_Brilliant_Genocide" title="A Brilliant Genocide">A Brilliant Genocide</a> was produced. It was filmed by Australian director Ebony Butler, Simon Hardwidge and Ugandan author Frey Onen. The documentary focused on the unofficial discourse of the LRA war and it was largely critical of the Ugandan government role in the LRA war.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Acholi people have many proverbs and each have a distinct meaning.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_Acholi_people">Notable Acholi people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Acholi_people&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notable Acholi people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akena_p%27Ojok" title="Akena p'Ojok">Akena p'Ojok</a>, former UNLF Vice President, former UPC member of Parliament and Minister of Power in Obote's second regime.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Semei_Nyanzi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Semei Nyanzi (page does not exist)">Semei Nyanzi</a>, Ugandan pre-eminent Economist and prominent Nationalist and was a powerful voice for reform in post-colonial Uganda. Served as first chairman of the Uganda Development Cooperation. He was born in Kitgum District circa. 1936.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Opiyo" title="Nicholas Opiyo">Nicholas Opiyo</a>, Ugandan human rights lawyer. Executive Director and Lead Attorney at Chapter Four Uganda. Won the German Africa Prize in 2017, Voices for Justice Award from Human Rights Watch in 2015 and the European Union Parliament Sakharov Fellows Prize in 2016. Was also the 2015 recipient of the Alison Des Forges award for extraordinary activism.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheila_Atim_MBE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sheila Atim MBE (page does not exist)">Sheila Atim MBE</a>, Ugandan-British actress, singer, composer, and playwright. She made her professional acting debut in 2013 at Shakespeare's Globe in The Lightning Child.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Benson_Ocaya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joseph Benson Ocaya (page does not exist)">Joseph Benson Ocaya</a>, Ugandan football player who plays mainly as a defender</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Otti" title="David Otti">David Otti</a>, a former Ugandan footballer and coach who was part of the famous 1978 team.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judith_Ayaa" title="Judith Ayaa">Judith Ayaa</a> a former track and field athlete who competed in the 400 and 800 metres</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aamito_Stacie_Lagum" class="mw-redirect" title="Aamito Stacie Lagum">Aamito Stacie Lagum</a>, US-based Ugandan actress and fashion model, best known for being the winner of the first cycle of Africa's Next Top Model.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daudi_Ochieng" title="Daudi Ochieng">Daudi Ochieng</a>, Ugandan Nationalist and Politician, who served as Secretary General of the Kabaka Yekka (KY) party and Opposition Chief Whip (from 1965 to 1966).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bazilio_Olara-Okello" title="Bazilio Olara-Okello">Bazilio Olara-Okello</a>, <i>de facto</i> Ugandan Head of State for six months in 1985 and later Chief of Defense Forces.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Akello" title="Patricia Akello">Patricia Akello</a>, Ugandan professional model, currently signed with the Muse Model Management company in New York City. She walked the 2017 New York Fashion Week, in September, working for the Bottega Veneta brand and was featured in the cover of Women's Wear Daily magazine.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dr._Martin_Jerome_Okec_Aliker&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dr. Martin Jerome Okec Aliker (page does not exist)">Dr. Martin Jerome Okec Aliker</a>, Ugandan dental surgeon, businessman, entrepreneur, and community leader. He is a senior adviser to the President of Uganda and has sat on the board of directors of nearly forty Ugandan companies. Served as Chancellor of Victoria University Uganda, a private institution. From 2004 until 2014, he served as the founding Chancellor of Gulu University, a public university.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beatrice_Akello_Akori" title="Beatrice Akello Akori">Beatrice Akello Akori</a>, Ugandan politician. Woman member of parliament for Agago District. Minister of State for Economic Monitoring in the Office of the President.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Todwong" title="Richard Todwong">Richard Todwong</a>, former member of parliament. Current secretary general of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) Party.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Col._Walter_Ochora_Odoch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Col. Walter Ochora Odoch (page does not exist)">Col. Walter Ochora Odoch</a>, Ugandan military officer and politician. Served as district chairperson and district commissioner for Gulu District.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Betty_Achan_Ogwaro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Betty Achan Ogwaro (page does not exist)">Betty Achan Ogwaro</a>, member of parliament, former and the First Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Cooperatives of the Republic of South Sudan, in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Sudan_and_the_Government_of_the_Republic_of_the_South_Sudan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Southern Sudan and the Government of the Republic of the South Sudan (page does not exist)">Southern Sudan and the Government of the Republic of the South Sudan</a>, noted international <a href="/wiki/Political_activist" class="mw-redirect" title="Political activist">political activist</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otema_Allimadi" title="Otema Allimadi">Otema Allimadi</a>, Ugandan politician who served as the country's foreign minister (1979–1980) in the UNLF government and later on as the country's third prime minister of Uganda (1980–1985) in the UPC government.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betty_Oyella_Bigombe" title="Betty Oyella Bigombe">Betty Oyella Bigombe</a>, former MP and <a href="/wiki/Water_resources" title="Water resources">State Minister for Water Resources</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Uganda" title="Cabinet of Uganda">Ugandan Cabinet</a>. Served as World Bank's senior director for fragility, conflict and violence at Washington DC from 2014 - 2017.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Amey_Ojara" title="Emmanuel Amey Ojara">Emmanuel Amey Ojara</a>, surgeon.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professor_Okot_Bwangamoi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Professor Okot Bwangamoi (page does not exist)">Professor Okot Bwangamoi</a>, Ugandan veterinarian, scientist and academician.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Major_General_Julius_Facki_Oketta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Major General Julius Facki Oketta (page does not exist)">Major General Julius Facki Oketta</a>, Ugandan Military officer in Uganda. He was a senior commander in the Uganda People's Defence Force. Before his death, he was the director of national emergency coordination and operations in the office of the prime minister of Uganda.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Ongwen" title="Dominic Ongwen">Dominic Ongwen</a>, former commander of the Sinia Brigade of the LRA, currently awaiting the verdict of his trial at the <a href="/wiki/International_Criminal_Court" title="International Criminal Court">International Criminal Court</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erinayo_Wilson_Oryema" title="Erinayo Wilson Oryema">Erinayo Wilson Oryema</a>, First Ugandan Inspector General of Uganda Police Force (1964-1971), Minister of Land, Minerals and Water Resources (1971-1973), Minister of Housing and Planning (1974 - 1977).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Oryema" title="Geoffrey Oryema">Geoffrey Oryema</a>, exiled singer and son of <a href="/wiki/Erinayo_Wilson_Oryema" title="Erinayo Wilson Oryema">Erinayo Wilson Oryema</a> .</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janani_Luwum" title="Janani Luwum">Janani Luwum</a>, former Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Uganda, murdered on the orders of President <a href="/wiki/Idi_Amin" title="Idi Amin">Idi Amin</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Lucas_Opira" title="Jeremiah Lucas Opira">Jeremiah Lucas Opira</a>, National Executive Secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Uganda_National_Liberation_Front" title="Uganda National Liberation Front">UNLF</a>, advocate for consolidation of national unity in Uganda.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Kony" title="Joseph Kony">Joseph Kony</a>, leader of the <a href="/wiki/Lord%27s_Resistance_Army" title="Lord's Resistance Army">Lord's Resistance Army</a> (LRA), a <a href="/wiki/Guerrilla_warfare" title="Guerrilla warfare">guerrilla group</a> that formerly operated in Uganda.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lubwa_p%27Chong" title="Lubwa p'Chong">Lubwa p'Chong</a>, playwright, poet, author and educator.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dr._Matthew_Lukwiya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dr. Matthew Lukwiya (page does not exist)">Dr. Matthew Lukwiya</a>, physician at the forefront of the 2000 <a href="/wiki/Ebola" title="Ebola">Ebola</a> outbreak, which took his life.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norbert_Mao" title="Norbert Mao">Norbert Mao</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman">chairman</a> of <a href="/wiki/Gulu_District" title="Gulu District"> Gulu District and</a> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Uganda)" title="Democratic Party (Uganda)">Democratic Party</a> presidential candidate in 2011, 2016 and 2021. Current minister for justice and constitutional affairs.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okot_p%27Bitek" title="Okot p'Bitek">Okot p'Bitek</a>, poet, playwright and author of the <i><a href="/wiki/Song_of_Lawino" title="Song of Lawino">Song of Lawino</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dr._Ambassador_Olara_Otunnu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dr. Ambassador Olara Otunnu (page does not exist)">Dr. Ambassador Olara Otunnu</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary-General_of_the_United_Nations" title="Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations">United Nations Under-Secretary-General</a> and special representative for children and armed conflict and UPC Presidential candidate in 2011.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tito_Okello" title="Tito Okello">Tito Okello</a>, President of Uganda for six months in 1985 (though he referred to himself only as 'Head of State').</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Oryem_Okello" title="Henry Oryem Okello">Henry Oryem Okello</a>, current <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Uganda)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Uganda)">state minister for foreign affairs (international affairs)</a>, since 2004. Son of Tito Okello.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Oulanyah" title="Jacob Oulanyah">Jacob Oulanyah</a>, former Speaker of Ugandan Parliament May 2021 – March 2022, former deputy of parliament from 2011-May 2021. He was also the member of Parliament for Omoro County before his untimely death on 19 March 2022.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alfonse_Chigamoi_Owiny-Dollo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alfonse Chigamoi Owiny-Dollo (page does not exist)">Alfonse Chigamoi Owiny-Dollo</a>, the current chief justice of Uganda. Owiny-Dollo hails from Agago District.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Baptist_Odama" title="John Baptist Odama">John Baptist Odama</a>, Catholic archbishop of Gulu, with long periods as chair of the Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MacLeod_Baker_Ochola" class="mw-redirect" title="MacLeod Baker Ochola">MacLeod Baker Ochola</a>, Anglican bishop in <a href="/wiki/Uganda" title="Uganda">Uganda</a>. He was the inaugural bishop of Kitgum, serving from 1995 until 2002.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lt._Gen._Paul_Lokech&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lt. Gen. Paul Lokech (page does not exist)">Lt. Gen. Paul Lokech</a>, former deputy inspector general of police from 2020 - August 2021 when he untimely died. Was two-time commander of the African Mission in Somalia (AMISON) UPDF Contingent Forces in Somalia. Performed exceptionally well and was proclaimed as the "Lion of Mogadishu" by the Somali Government.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professor_Jack_Nyeko_Pen-Mogi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Professor Jack Nyeko Pen-Mogi (page does not exist)">Professor Jack Nyeko Pen-Mogi</a>, Ugandan academician, veterinarian and politician. Represented Kilak County in Uganda Parliament from 1996 - 2001. Vice Chancellor of Gulu University from 2002 - 2017.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professor_Morris_Ogenga-Latigo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Professor Morris Ogenga-Latigo (page does not exist)">Professor Morris Ogenga-Latigo</a>, Ugandan academician, scientist and politician. Represented Agago County in Uganda Parliament. Served as Leader of Opposition in Uganda Parliament from 2006 - 2011.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dr._John_Alphonse_Okidi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dr. John Alphonse Okidi (page does not exist)">Dr. John Alphonse Okidi</a>, Ugandan agricultural economist. Senior programmed specialist at the International Development Research Center's (IDRC) Think Tank Initiative (TTI) for Five East African Countries.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professor._Ben_Ochora_Latigo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Professor. Ben Ochora Latigo (page does not exist)">Professor. Ben Ochora Latigo</a>, aerospace engineer, administrator and academician. Chief academic officer at University System of Maryland at Southern Maryland, USA.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Anena" title="Harriet Anena">Harriet Anena</a>, Ugandan writer and performer, whose writing includes poetry, nonfiction and fiction. She is the author of a collection of poems, A Nation In Labor, published in 2015. She won the 2018 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. The Economist described her poetry performance as "an arresting evocation of love and war".</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professor._John_Joseph_Otim&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Professor. John Joseph Otim (page does not exist)">Professor. John Joseph Otim</a>, Ugandan agriculturalist and politician. Former minister of agriculture and fisheries. Born in Agago District.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Acholi_people&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Atkinson, Ronald Raymond (1994) <i>The roots of ethnicity: the origins of the Acholi of Uganda before 1800</i>. 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History, Religion, Identity</i> (Oxford University Press, New York 2008)</li> <li>Barber, J., <i>Imperial Frontiers</i>, (Nairobi: East African Publishing House, 1968)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iwayafrica.com">Caritas Gulu Archdiocese, <i>Traditional Ways of Coping in Acholi</i>, Report written by Thomas Harlacher, Francis Xavier Okot, Caroline Aloyo Obonyo, Mychelle Balthaard and Ronald Atkinson, 2006 (copies may be obtained from caritasgulu@iwayafrica.com)</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200712235309/http://www.iwayafrica.com/">Archived</a> 12 July 2020 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Acholi_people&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: External 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100114151929/http://www.rupiny.co.ug/">Archived</a> 14 January 2010 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> — A newspaper in <a href="/wiki/Luo_languages" title="Luo languages">Luo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Acholi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Acholi language">Acholi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lango_language_(Uganda)" title="Lango language (Uganda)">Lango</a>)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.language-museum.com/encyclopedia/a/acholi.php">Sample of written Acholi from the Language Encyclopedia</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output 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