Dinka Livelihood - South Sudan Wall Art

The name Dinka – applied to both the language and its speakers - means “people.” Like the Nuer and the Masai, the Dinka are largely pastoral. They migrate regularly in response to the seasons and their agro-pastoral needs. Livestock, especially cattle, play a central role in Dinka culture and worldview. Traditionally, boys tend goats and sheep, while older men are responsible for the cattle. Though the Dinka groups retain the traditional pastoral life of Nilotes, they have added crop cultivation in some areas; growing peanuts, beans, and corn (maize). Women do much of the farming; men clear forests for cultivation sites. There...

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