Makaraka people

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Portrait of a Zande (Makaraka) warrior

Makaraka (also, Iddio or Adio) 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 Kibas, 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.

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References

  1. Wikisource-logo.svg One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Makaraka"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 451.