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The Suri People

The Suri are an agro-pastoral people of southwest Ethiopia, especially around the Ethiopia-South Sudan borderlands. They are closely associated with cattle herding, small-scale farming, and Surmic languages such as Tirmaga-Chai Suri. Suri communities are often discussed alongside neighboring groups like the Mursi, but they have…

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Marriage, donga, bridewealth, and family negotiation among the Suri

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A look at courage, danger, ritual combat, and change in southwest Ethiopia

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