Manute Bol



Manute Bol at 7 feet 7 inches tall,was one the world's tallest basketball players

 



Manute Bol in 2007 



Date of birth

Manute was born on 16th October 1962,in either Gogrial or Turalei,South Sudan (formerly part of Sudan).

Place of residence

Manute lived in the United States of America,Sudan,South Sudan and Egypt.

Date of death

Manute died from complications of Stevens Johnson Syndrome on 19th June 2010 in Charlottesville,Virginia,United States of America

Background

1.He is a famous former specialist NBA Basketball Player.

2.Manute was of South Sudanese Dinka origin.The Dinka ethnic group feature some of the world's tallest people.

3.He was an activist who founded the 'True Ring Foundation' in 2001 to help raise funds for Sudanese Christians during the Civil war. He is also known for reportedly donating a large majority of his wealth to South Sudanese causes.

4.He also mentored a young Luol Deng,who now plays for the Chicago Bulls.



Luol Deng



Manute played in the NBA for ten years (1985-1995) for:

Washington Bullets

Miami Heat

Philadelphia 76ers

Golden State Warriors (where he ended his career)

Happy Birthday Manute Bol,may you rest in peace.

Images and references: 1.theteaent 2.guzer 3.wikipedia

Upper Nile State

State:

Upper Nile also known as A'aly an-Nyl and Aâlâ En Nîl

Province:

Upper Nile

Approximate Population: 

964,353  

State Capital: 
Malakal

Other Important Towns: 

Renk, Kodok (Fashoda), Nasser, Oriny, Maiwut, Gerger, Melut

Counties :

Nasir County
Ulang County
Baliet County
Maiwut County

Longechuk County
Maban County

Renk County
Manyo County
Meluth County
Pinyikang County
Fashoda County
Makal County

Akoka County

Religion

The people of Upper Nile state are either spiritualists/traditionalists,Christians or Muslims.Upper Nile has the highest population of South Sudanese Muslims in the country,due to it's location in Northern South Sudan.

Those who practice Islam also the majority of those who were known to protest for the need of a secession.As they believe that the North not only ignores the needs of the Southerners but also ignores the fact that there are Muslims in South Sudan.  

Tribes which reside in the area

Anyuak people

Anywaa Jambo,Yambo and Nuro commonly known as Anyuak to outsiders

An Anuak woman

Occupations:

Herdsmen
Farmers

 

Land

Live in a grassy region that is flat and virtually treeless. During the rainy season, this area floods, so that much of it becomes swampland with various channels of deep water running through it. They are part of the Luo group of people which reside throughout East Africa,Anyuak people are also found nearby is Ethiopia.

Jum Jum people

Religion:

 
Muslim
Animism

Population:
 

50.000 people

Land:
 

The Jum Jum people reside in Northern Upper Nile State but the majority are found in Sudan.

The Jum Jum live on the Eastern border of Upper Nile

Occupations:
 

Men:Farmers and Shepherds
Women: help with the harvest of fruit,vegetables etc (agriculture)

Maban people
 

Also known as 'Mabaano',‘Burun’or ‘Chai’

Population:
 

100,000 people

People and Land
 

The Maban are originally from the Luo group and believed to have separated from the Shilluk in Soba near Khartoum,due to the collapse of the last Christian Kingdom of Makkura.They later migrated to the Baro River area.

Mabaano people live in Upper Nile state in Maban County, the Manbano and Buldid clans are also found in Maiwut county.

Customs and Beliefs

Traditionally,every October the Maban perform 'the sacrifice feast' which is used to confess all their sins and to ask their supreme being (who is their God) to grant them good health and to ask for tolerance towards their actions.

Traditional dance

Other tribes that reside in the area are:

Shilluk
Dinka
Nuer
Uduk

Fashoda Incident

Kodok (Fashoda) is the location of the infamous 'The Fashoda Incident' (1898) were there was the climax of territorial disputes between the United Kingdom and France. It brought the United Kingdom and France to the verge of war , but ended in a diplomatic victory for the UK.

Images and References:Gurtong,Joshua Project,Wikipedia

Unity State

Flag:

State: 

Unity/Al-Wahda/Western Upper Nile

Province: 

Upper Nile

Capital city:

Bentiu

Counties:

 

Mayom
Rubkona
Parieng
Leer
Guit
Koch
Abeimnom
Mayendit
Payinjiar

Tribes:

Nuer (majority)

Dinka (minority) 

Oil reserves

The 1970's brought the discovery of oil reserves in Unity state,which drew attention from international oil companies.This unfortunately led to an engagement of oil exploration which caused displacement within the indigenous population within the region.

Unity oil field in Unity State,is situated within the Muglad rift basin and contains 150,000,00 barrels of oil.Unity state is also home to the Greater Nile Oil Pipeline which also runs throughout both Sudan and South Sudan

Jonglei State

State:

Jonglei

Flag:

Province:

Upper Nile

Jonglei State counties:

 

Twic East County
Duk County
Bor County
Akobo County,
Nyirol County
Uror County
Pibor County
Pochalla County
Ayod County
Pigi County
Fangak County

Capital city: 

Bor

TRIBES WHICH RESIDE WITHIN JONGLEI STATE INCLUDE:

Murle people

Estimated population:

300,000-400,000 people

Murle people performing a dance

Relations with neighbours

Hostile in the past due to cattle raids performed by the Murle people

Diaspora

Murle diaspora is very small compared to other tribes,as the majority of those who have left are found in East Africa and in various locations overseas.
 

Suri (Kachipo) 

Estimated population:

30,000 people

A Suri girl. The Suri people are known for cicatrisation practice,where both sexes have the option to bore and stretch their ear-lobes

Suri people are found in :

Boma Plateau of South-Eastern Upper Nile province in Jonglei state
 

Also in Meoun Payam of Pibor County 

The Suri believe that they originally lived on the banks of the Nile, in the country now inhabited by the Bor Dinka.

The Suri society is made up of six clans : 

Jufa (most dominant)

Meyun

Beela

Kembo

Durugan

Baale

Land and Climate:

Hilly with deep valleys
Mild with heavy rainfall

Ancestral relations: 

None.but are linguistically, culturally related and in visually similar in appearance to the Tirma of Ethiopia..

Other tribes within Jonglei State include: 

Dinka (Jieng)
Nuer (Naath)
Anyuak 

Jonglei State's political history

Jonglei State had been the centre of politics backdated to the fail project of the Jonglei Canal and the Mutiny of the Anyanya 2 in 1975 and again in 1983.

References:Wikipedia,Gurtong,MichaelFreemanPhoto

The Dinka people

Name

Jieng (plural)/Muonyjang (singular)

Jieng are known to outsiders as Dinka.

Area of residence (shown via the map below)

Dinka sub-tribes and the state capitals and areas where they reside

Aweil - Rek  
Pangak -Thoi Luach
Bailiet - Ngok   Renk
Bentiu - Ruweng
Bor - Bor, Twic, Nyarweng, Hol 
Rumbek - Agar Gok
Tonj - Rek Luach
Gogrial- Rek
Yirol - Aliab, Ciec
Abyei - Ngok 

Language

Thong muonyjang or thong-Jieng 

Also known as the Dinka language.

Culture

A Dinka Man

The Dinka are a cultural rather than political federation of sub-nationalities.Chief-ship is hereditary and holds the title of beny /bany (plural), which can mean either chief, expert, or military officer.

The word ring (or rem) probably refers to the supernatural power of the chief. Bith, on the other hand, is the sacred fishing-spear (unbarbed or un-serrated spear) as a symbol of office .

The Dinka have cultural and linguistic affinity to and share much with the Nuer and Shilluk to whom they refer to in their names:

• Foreigners are called 'jur' and the colour of the skin is the only distinction. ‘
• Jur chol’ refer to black foreigners 
• jur mathiang or buony refer to light skin people 

Society and beliefs

Many Dinka have converted to Christianity and Islam in Ngok and Abialang. 

They have adopted either jellabia or European dress and now nudity and wearing of skins are rare sight even in the cattle camps.''

Many Dinka's believe that the first people God created were Garang and Abuk (the equivalent of Adam and Eve).Deng was their first born from whom all Dinka people are descend from.

Dinka tradition permits addressing God and the spirits of the departed ancestors and relatives either directly or through a medium in a special offering place yik, situated in every Dinka homestead.

Arts

Dinka arts include different types of dance formations and songs. The common art is that of war: with a spear and stick (duelling),which they practice from their youth.

Diaspora found most notably in:

United Kingdom

America
Australia

Notable Dinka

The late John Garang (Former President of Southern Sudan and 1st Vice President of Sudan)
The late Manute Bol (Former NBA basketball player)
Salva Kiir (President of South Sudan and soon to be former 1st Vice President of Sudan)
Alek Wek (Model and Designer)
Luol Deng (NBA basketball player)

References: Gurtong,artrabbit

Northern Bahr El Ghazal (Šamāl Baḥr al-Ğazāl)

Flag

Map

Counties

 

Aweil West County -
Aweil North County -
Aweil East County -
Aweil South West County -
Aweil South County - 

 Area:

33,558km²

Borders:

South Darfur (Sudan)

Western Bahr el Ghazal

Warrap

Abyei

Capital City

Aweil

Dinka and Missriya

Dinkas and Missriya (Arabs) have interacted peacefully within the region for numerous years,but relations now remain hostile after raids of the Dinka area where committed by the Missriya.Who despite breaking the cohesion within the society,by abducting and killing Dinka civilians,the Missriya have an advantage of been  backed by the central government.Whilst those of the Dinka community suffered from the works of Missriya and central governments army.

Warrap State

Flag

Province

Bahr El Ghazal

Area

31,027km²

Capital City

Warrapalso known as Warrab (this could change to Kuajok but the outcome is currently pending)

Counties

 

Gogrial East County
Gogrial West
Tonj South County
Tonj North County
Tonj East County
Twic
Twic West

Abyei

Treated as a county of Warrap State

Technically  part of Southern Kordofan,as it is claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan due to it's population which primarily consists of the Dinka people of South Sudan and Missriya of Sudan.

The Northern administration recently seized the region claiming it as part of Southern Kordofan therefore it is part of Sudan.This has lead to serious disruption,death and displacement of locals/civilians in the area.

Abyei currently has special status,until residents vote in a referendum to determine whether they will join Sudan (North) or South Sudan. 

Main Cites

 

Gogrial,
Kuajok,
Tonj
Thiet

Ethnic groups that reside in Warrap state include:

Dinka Rek

Mananger

References:Wikipedia

Lakes

Name:

Lakes also known as Buhayrat

Flag:

Map:

Lakes State

Province: Bahr el Ghazal

Capital City: Rumbek

A road nearby the Rumbek airstrip

Land

Rich savannah in the east

Tropical in the west.

Counties

 

Rumbek Central 
Rumbek East
Rumbek North
Wulu
Aweriar
Cueibet
Yirol West
Yirol East

Local Tribes:

Dinka people

Three Dinka clans are present within the area:

Dinka Aliab

Dinka Chic 

DinkaAgar.

Atout people

Atout people preferred to be known as Reel and nei cieng Reel

The Atuot inhabit Yirol County 

Language: 

Thok cieng Reel,the Atout Language

 

Population:

Over 100,000 people

Subdivisions:

Luac, Jilek, Akot, Jekei and Jekueu

Jurbeli (Beli) people

Language: 

The Jur ‘Beli speak a language that belong to the central Sudanic groups of languages but linguistically belong to the Baka/Bongo group. They share this language with the Baka, Bongo and Moro Kodo.

History: 

Jur Beli are said  to originated from Bongo/Baka ethnic group from the Central African Republic in the company of the Bongo/Baka group,as a result of following the forests south-eastwards.

This lead to the migration and settlement of the Bongo into area north of Rumbek, whilst the Baka clan proceeded south-westwards to Maridi.

Occupations

Due to highly sufficient annual rainfall to sustain this vegetation, the Jur ‘Beli are sedentary agriculturalists who practice shifting cultivation. Crops include sorghum, millet, beans, cassava, groundnuts and sesame seeds.

They keep goats and sheep and very few cattle,hunt and fish,as well as even keeping Honey Bee's,whereby an adult is expected to own more than 20 bee-hives.

Potential profit from raw materials such as timber/mahogany, honey and shea oil.

Dispora:

Small ‘Beli Diaspora are now found in the United States, Norway and Australia.

Reference:Wikipedia