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Anuak People

Economy

The Anuak people of Ethiopia and Sudan live of a subsistence economy and have a strong dependence on their rivers. They grow their crops among the riverbanks which in turn provides them a stable and efficient supply of food. When the dry season occurs, the Anuak people hunt the animals that are in search of the waterways. When it is not the dry season, they partake in a large amount of fishing. The Anuaks also chose when to migrate their cattle based off of what season is occurring (migrate in dry the dry season). The migration of domesticated animals is not as important to them as it is to other cultures because the Anuak people do not have as much livestock as most as they focus more on agriculture. The Anuaks engage in agriculture, hunting, fishing, pastoralism and gathering to meet their economic needs.

The Anuak villages are very tight-knit with little contact with the outside world. The villages are run by people called Headmen, who's power can easily be removed if deemed unsatisfactory by the people. The ways in which the Anuak people govern themselves are very democratic. The Anuak's tend to not trust outsiders based off of past experiences with the Ethiopian Government and also the other tribal groups who share the same land.


 * Kurimoto, Eisei. "People of the river: Subsistence economy of the Anywaa (Anuak) of Western Ethiopia." Senri ethnological studies (1996).
 * “The Anuak - A Threatened Culture.” Cultural Survival, Cultural Survival, 1 June 1984, www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/anuak-threatened-culture.
 * “Background and Context.” Ethiopia: Targeting the Anuak: Background and Context, 2005, www.hrw.org/reports/2005/ethiopia0305/3.htm.