Moru people
The clearest communal historical narratives are of attacks by the Azande, particularly those that drove them onto Odo hill near Lui, raids by slavers from the North.
It was loosely part of the Ottoman-Egyptian province of Equatoria, administered by Sir Samuel Baker and then Charles George Gordon and finally Emin Pasha.
[4] Dr Kenneth Grant Fraser, a physician and missionary for the Gordon Memorial Sudan Mission (GMSM) of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) of England, and his wife Eileen began working in South Sudan in 1920 to improve access to health care, establish churches, and improve education.
The benefits have included a good quality of education for the Moru people and reform of some harmful indigenous practices and customs.
[5] The Moru, who belong to the ethnic group which includes the Madi, Lugbara, Avukaya and Logo of Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo, live in the southern part of Mundri County, Western Equatoria, South Sudan.
There are five main divisions of the Moru, namely: Miza; Ägyi; Moroändri; Kediro and 'Bari'ba, who each live in a distinct area and have their own dialectical differences.
The northern part of Mundri County is inhabited by the Jur cluster, which includes the Beli, Sopi, Mödö, Nyamusa, Wira, Biti and Morokodo.
Although they are often erroneously classified as Moru they form a distinct language group, more closely related to the Bongo and Baka.
Other important crops are groundnuts, maize, cassava, sweet potatoes, okra, pumpkins and various green vegetables.
The correlation between the drumming, dancing and singing, the three seasonal periods, and general physical and economic welfare of the people, is one of the most interesting features of the Moru society.
[12] From January to April, food is abundant, the people are healthy, physical labour is very little, and there is a great deal or idle time.
The movements which are involved reflect the great health and strength which the people have just acquired as a result of eating freshly harvested crops.
It is filled with a number of medium-sized seeds, normally okra, inserted through a circular hole cut into the centre of the top, and then resealed.
