According to oral tradition, the Madi originated from Nigeria and moved eastwards towards the River Nile basin. At Rajaf, near Juba (South Sudan), some people broke away from them and moved southwards to settle in West Nile (Northwestern Uganda) plus Orientale Province in Eastern DR. Congo. The Madi called them "Lugba ni" because a woman who had wrapped desert dates discovered that they were missing at lunch. So, the group broke away to look for the fruits. Lugbara ti is a multinational language and mutually intelligible with Madi as well as Aringa (considered Low Lugbara) spoken in Yumbe District and neighbouring areas. They share personal names, numbers plus many words. Ra means "to wrap sth" eg fold desert dates in a cloth.
In Twenty10, I woke up one sunny Saturday morning and sneaked out of Uganda without telling anyone. Inside Ariwara Market where I drank millet porridge for breakfast, I was amazed to notice that the music playing loudest was neither English nor Lingala (Congolese) but Lugbara. At a certain point in available documentation, there were more Lugbara in Congo than Uganda; out of 13 Lugbara clans, about only six were in UG.
Lugbaraland connects three countries and was originally the capital of Lado Enclave meaning "(My ancestors [are]) resting here"...
(CC) Lugbara Museum
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