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Shilluk people

Also known as Chollo

The Shilluk, or Chollo, are a Nilotic people living mainly along the west bank of the White Nile in South Sudan, around Malakal and Kodok. Their kingdom, founded according to tradition by Nyikang, was ruled by a sacred king, the reth, from Fashoda. Farmers, cattle keepers and fishermen, they raided down the Nile in canoe fleets in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Shilluk people
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Shilluk Kingdom

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Shilluk people. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/shilluk-people
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