Langi

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The Lango sub-region in Uganda

The Langi ( Singular Lango ) are a people in northern Uganda whose center is the district capital Lira . Around 2,100,000 Langi live in Uganda. The area of ​​the Langi was formerly known as the Lango District and today includes the districts of Apac , Oyam, Lira , Dokolo and Amolatar.

The term Lango

The term lango is a relatively new word. He is not mentioned in any book or story by tribal elders, as suggested by Kihangire's 1957 publication The Marriage Customs of the Lango Tribe (Uganda) in relation to canon Law , who interviewed tribal leaders in the course of his dissertation. The word first appeared in John Tosh's 1978 book Clan Leaders and Colonial Chiefs in Lango. The Political History of an East African Stateless Society 1800-1939 . Earlier trips, undertakings or explorations were always described under the titles "Land of the Lango", "Lango country" or "Lango people".

Difference between region (Lango), people (Lango) and language (Leb-Lango)

see also Lango (language)

Interpreting the langi turns out to be complicated and complex. Julius Odwe stated in 2011, “Langi exist under very many categories of ethnic identities. There was at least one name in the etymology that could perhaps be understood as one of the many different ethnic groups that could be the origin ... "and added" when the British colonialists came in 1862 there was only the Langi of Uganda and just one smaller group in Agoro in South Sudan who claimed the name 'Lango' for themselves. "

Langi language

Many Langi speak Leb-Lango (Lëblaŋo), a West Nilotic language similar to that of its northern neighbors Acholi and Alur, but they share many cultural characteristics with the Atekern (East Nilotic) living to the east. Due to the persistent overlapping with the Acholi, most of the Langi lost their original language of the Ateker and adopted the language Luo of the Acholi.

history

Some anthropologists suspect that they migrated from Ethiopia as part of a group around the year 1600 and then split up again into two further groups, one group settling in what is now Kenya , to the local peoples Kalenjin and Maasai . The other group, called Ateker , migrated west and colonized Uganda from the northeast. The Ateker, in turn, divided into four other tribes around the Karamojong , Iteso , Kumam and the Langi. The Langi settled further west again, where they met the Acholi , which they, however, drove further north to Lake Kyoga . Many Langi still see themselves as Ateker today, even if from today's perspective they are a separate people.

Langi coat of arms

The Langi's heraldic animal is the so-called Amuka (the rhinoceros ). Amuka symbolizes independence, strength and peacefulness as long as it is not disturbed.

Personalities

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Lango: A Nilotic Tribe of Uganda . World Digital Library . Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  2. ↑ Uganda Travel Guide: Apac District
  3. ↑ Cyprian as Kihangire: The marriage customs of the Lango tribe (Uganda) in relation to canon law , Friedburg in Augsburg, Pallotti, 1957
  4. ↑ John Tosh: Clan Leaders and Colonial Chiefs in Lango. The Political History of an East African Stateless Society 1800-1939 , Oxford, 1978
  5. ↑ Julius PO Odwe: Proposal to Celebrate a tricentenary (300 years) of Lango Existence, Importance and Contributions to Uganda. A conference proposal presented to the Prime Minister , Lango Cultural Foundation, Lira (Uganda), November 11, 2011
  6. ↑ Uganda: Political History and Governance (Institute for Security Studies)
  7. ↑ John Akii-Bua, 47, Is Dead; Ugandan Won Olympic Gold , article on The New York Times home page , June 25, 1997 (accessed August 3, 2012).

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