Nuer

Examples

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• The importance of agriculture in the 1950s varied among the Nuer and Dinka.

  Academic text (1990)

• Another difference between Nuer and Dinka bridewealth is the relative number of cows in relation to the total number of animals.

  Academic text (1990)

• Originally, the Nuer may well have had a pattern of fission like that of the Dinka.

  Academic text (1990)

• The Nuer expect to receive a significantly greater number of oxen than the Dinka.

  Academic text (1990)

• The Nilotics, especially the Dinka and the Nuer, fiercely resisted British rule for two decades.

  Academic text (1998)

• The area inhabited by Nuer and Dinka is characterized by extensive flooding of grazing areas during the wet season.

  Academic text (1990)

• The Dinka and their ethnic kindred, the Nuer, are considered "by far the most religious peoples in the Sudan." (n7)

  Academic text (1998)

• The Nuer people have rich cultural traditions that are celebrated during annual festivals.

• Many Nuer families rely on cattle herding for their livelihood in South Sudan.

• Historically, the Nuer have been involved in significant political movements within the region.

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