Former teacher in Sudan and factory-worker in Canada, he succeeded his father who was king for almost 60 years.
He ruled from the village of Otalo where he had constructed the kingdom's first school, clinic and airstrip.
The Man Who Became King (2007 SAF): Adongo Adaga was just another South Sudanese exile living in Canada at the turn of the 21st century, until he received word that he was needed back home.
This compelling documentary takes a look at the challenges facing Adaga, who desperately wanted to relocate his family from his homeland to Canada but was instead called to serve as the king of a tribe in his native South Sudan.
A large tribe of several hundred thousand subsistence farmers, the Anyuak needed him to settle outstanding issues, such as their strained relationship with neighboring tribes and the difficulties faced by their fellow Anyuak across the border in Ethiopia.