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ACHOLI , a See also:negro See also:people of the upper See also:Nile valley, dwelling on the See also:east See also:bank of the See also:Bahr-el-See also:Jebel, about a See also:hundred See also:miles See also:north of See also:Albert See also:Nyanza. They are akin to the Shilluks of the See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White Nile. They frequently decorate the temples or cheeks with wavy or zigzag scars, and also the thighs with scrolls; some See also:pierce the ears. Their dwelling-places are circular has with a high See also:peak, furnished with a mud sleeping-See also:platform, jars of See also:grain and a sunk fireplace. The interior walls are daubed with mud and decorated with geometrical or conventional designs in red, white or See also:grey. The Acholi are See also:good hunters, using nets and spears, and keep goats, See also:sheep and See also:cattle. In See also:war they use spears and See also:long, narrow See also:shields of See also:giraffe or ox hide. Their See also:dialect is closely allied to those of the See also:Alur, Lango and Ja-Luo tribes, all four being practically pure Nilotic. Their See also:religion is a vague See also:fetishism. By See also:early explorers the Acholi were called Shuli, a name now obsolete.
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