The Dodoth live in Kaabong District in the northeast of Uganda, a region of semi-arid savannah, bush and mountains.

The tallest peak, Mount Morungole, is over 9,000 feet (2,700 m) high, near the point where Kenya, Sudan and Uganda converge.

Dodoth homesteads are isolated from one another, surrounded by a strong wall made of upright poles with interwoven branches cemented with mud and cow dung.

[3] The scarcity of resources and high value of cattle have led to a culture where men are noted for their bravery in raiding and warfare and their resultant wealth.

Gulliver, writing in 1952, "Turkana made war on all their neighbours with the exception of the Jie, with whom they occasionally allied themselves against the Karamajong and the Dodoth.

Karamajong similarly made war on all their neighbors with the exception of the Dudoth, with whom they occasionally allied themselves against the Jie.

[10] Plans for cattle raids, and other important decisions, are decided by the menfolk, with the views of the elders carrying great weight.

Several Turkana were kidnapped and had begun to be integrated into Dodoth families by the time a peace conference was held in 2005.