Series · Classical Kingdoms · 24 min
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Luo statecraft in northwestern Uganda: how the Alur kings expanded through rainmaking, judicial mediation, and peaceful assimilation of neighboring Sudanic peoples.
Review & sources
Draft: awaiting historical review
Grounded in ethnographic fieldwork and West Nile regional historical surveys.
- Alur | people and society
Encyclopaedia Britannica. Accessed 2026-10-13.
Supports: Alur social structure and segmentary state mechanisms in West Nile.
Ethnographic and historical summary based on Aidan Southall's Alur Society: A Study in Processes and Types of Domination.
Bibliography awaiting review
These titles were supplied with the original record. Editions, authorship, and supporting passages await editorial verification.
- Aidan Southall, 'Alur Society' (1956)
- Daily Monitor Uganda Cultural Series
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