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Madi people
The Madi or Màʼdí are a Central Sudanic speaking people that live in Magwi County in Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan and the districts of Adjumani and Moyo in Uganda. From south to north, the area runs from Nimule, at the South Sudan Uganda border, to Nyolo River where the Maʼdi mingle with the Acholi, the Bari, and the Lolubo. From the east to west, it runs from Parajok/Magwi to Uganda across the River Nile.
The speakers refer to themselves as Maʼdi ("people"). the letter ʼd is an implosive sound. The speakers refer to their language as maʼdi ti, literally meaning Maʼdi mouth. Among themselves, Maʼdi refer to each other as belonging to a suru (tribe), which may further be broken down to pa (clan), which in some cases overlaps with suru. While a Maʼdi can only marry someone from outside their clan, they must normally marry within the group that shares the Maʼdi language.
Many neighboring speakers of Moru–Madi languages go by the name of Maʼdi.
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According to one popular folk tale, the name Madi came as an answer to a question by a white man to a Madi man. When the first white person in the area asked the question 'who are you?', the bemused response was madi, i.e. a person. This was taken to be the name of the people, which came to be corrupted to the present.
Another Ma'di narrative tries to account for the names of some of the Moru–Madi group members. When the progenitors of the Ma'di were pushed southwards, on reaching a strategic location they declared, Muro-Amadri, i.e., "Let's form a settle here". And so they formed a cluster to defend themselves. This group came to be known as the Moru. A group broke off in search of greener pastures in a more or less famished state, until they found an edible tree called lugba ('desert dates' - ximenia aegyptiaca).
After they ate some of the fruits, they took some with them. When the time came to refill their stomachs again, a woman who lost her harvest was heard inquiring about the lugba ri 'the desert dates'. This group came to be known as logbara but the Maʼdi still call them lugbari. The final group on reaching fertile grounds resolved and declared ma ʼdi 'here I am (finally)'. And these came to be known as the Maʼdi.
Maʼdi oral history claims Nigeria as the cradle of Maʼdi people – their place of origin. According to the one commonly told oral narrative, the Maʼdi people left Nigeria, moved southward until they reached Amadi, a town in southwest Uganda, where they settled. The word Amadi in Maʼdi language means here we are. It also means, at our place. From this storyline by then the Maʼdi and Moru were still one ethnic group.
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Madi people
The Madi or Màʼdí are a Central Sudanic speaking people that live in Magwi County in Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan and the districts of Adjumani and Moyo in Uganda. From south to north, the area runs from Nimule, at the South Sudan Uganda border, to Nyolo River where the Maʼdi mingle with the Acholi, the Bari, and the Lolubo. From the east to west, it runs from Parajok/Magwi to Uganda across the River Nile.
The speakers refer to themselves as Maʼdi ("people"). the letter ʼd is an implosive sound. The speakers refer to their language as maʼdi ti, literally meaning Maʼdi mouth. Among themselves, Maʼdi refer to each other as belonging to a suru (tribe), which may further be broken down to pa (clan), which in some cases overlaps with suru. While a Maʼdi can only marry someone from outside their clan, they must normally marry within the group that shares the Maʼdi language.
Many neighboring speakers of Moru–Madi languages go by the name of Maʼdi.
Source:
According to one popular folk tale, the name Madi came as an answer to a question by a white man to a Madi man. When the first white person in the area asked the question 'who are you?', the bemused response was madi, i.e. a person. This was taken to be the name of the people, which came to be corrupted to the present.
Another Ma'di narrative tries to account for the names of some of the Moru–Madi group members. When the progenitors of the Ma'di were pushed southwards, on reaching a strategic location they declared, Muro-Amadri, i.e., "Let's form a settle here". And so they formed a cluster to defend themselves. This group came to be known as the Moru. A group broke off in search of greener pastures in a more or less famished state, until they found an edible tree called lugba ('desert dates' - ximenia aegyptiaca).
After they ate some of the fruits, they took some with them. When the time came to refill their stomachs again, a woman who lost her harvest was heard inquiring about the lugba ri 'the desert dates'. This group came to be known as logbara but the Maʼdi still call them lugbari. The final group on reaching fertile grounds resolved and declared ma ʼdi 'here I am (finally)'. And these came to be known as the Maʼdi.
Maʼdi oral history claims Nigeria as the cradle of Maʼdi people – their place of origin. According to the one commonly told oral narrative, the Maʼdi people left Nigeria, moved southward until they reached Amadi, a town in southwest Uganda, where they settled. The word Amadi in Maʼdi language means here we are. It also means, at our place. From this storyline by then the Maʼdi and Moru were still one ethnic group.