Logo people

The Logo people or Logoa (plural) are an ethnic group of Nilotic origin who live predominantly in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as well as parts of western Uganda and southern South Sudan.

[1][2] Logo people also live in Watsa and Aba, both also in Haut-Uélé, and in Yei in South Sudan.

[4] Logoti is similar in derivation to the Nilotic Kaliko, Bari, and Lugbara languages spoken in the same region.

[5] Originating in Sudan, the Logoa were progressively pushed southwards into their current territories around Faradje by rival ethnic groups and especially expanding Azande influence in the 19th century.

[1] According to anthropologist Jan Vansina, the territory occupied by the Logoa and the Avukaya ethnic group forms a distinct geographic unit.