1By early explorers the Acholi were called Shuli, a name now obsolete.
2Returning rebels do three cleansing rites before being accepted back into Acholi society.
3The Acholi are good hunters, using nets and spears, and keep goats, sheep and cattle.
4The Acholi have a customary land ownership system which recognizes seven categories of land, said Tebere.
5They are akin to the Acholi (q.v.
6Acholi Machon A band of former freedom fighters from the Acholi tribe of northern Uganda who've traded in their rifles for thumb pianos.
7Lack of land rights for women is another major problem, as access to land is usually passed down through the male line in Acholi culture.
8ACHOLI, a negro people of the upper Nile valley, dwelling on the east bank of the Bahr-el-Jebel, about a hundred miles north of Albert Nyanza.
9So far, 5,000 people who are qualified for compensation have been recorded in the Acholi sub region, the epicentre of the LRA's brutalities.