The Golo or Gollo are an ethnic group living in the
South Sudan
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ese state of
Western Bahr el Ghazal
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.
The area occupied by the Gollo lies to the west of the town of
Wau and is delimited by Deil Zubier (North), the source of the
Mbomou River
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The Mbomou merges with the Uele River to form the Ubangi River. The Ub ...
(east), the confluence of the
Wara River Wara may refer to:
Places
* Wara, Poland, a village in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland
* Wara, Gifu, a village in Gifu Prefecture, Japan
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Languages
* Samwe language ...
(west) and the
Kpango River (south). The most important settlements are Kayango, Abushakka,
Manga
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.
Their language, Golomo (meaning "Golo language" or "Golo speech"),
An Elementary Study Of The Golo Language
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Sere or SERE may refer to:
Military
* Survive, Evade, Resist, Extract, a British military training program
* Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape, an American military training program
People
* Sere (name)
* Sere people, an ethnic group in ...
group of languages.
The society is mainly agrarian, with little trade with neighboring tribes.
The tribe has been plagued by multiple upheavals that has seen their numbers reduced to several thousands in recent times and has eroded their political organization. (il gollo può essere anche un unita di misura di bevande, non ha misura perché varia da persona a persona e in base a circostanze e situazioni.)
References
Ethnic groups in South Sudan
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