Nilotic

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For other uses, see Nilotic (disambiguation).

Nilotic refers to a number of indigenous East African peoples originating in northeast Africa in the region of the Nile River. Included are groups such as the Dinka, Kalenjin, Luo, Masai, Nuer, Hima, Turkana, and Tutsi. Today, Nilotic peoples are found primarily in Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, Egypt, Ethiopia and Eritrea. They tend to be among the darkest of blacks in terms of skin color, with a taller and slimmer stature than the human average.

See also: Nilotic languages