This fighter has a lot of Western clothing like jeans, shoes, and glasses. This hints that the Nuer tribe has strong Western influences in their current culture. |
This individual's weapon, the spear reflects the tribal nature of the Nuer White Army. However, this individual is wearing western clothing. |
Again this guy is wearing a combination of western clothing with traditional influences. |
Like all the other fighters in this post, he is wearing western clothing with a tribalized manner. His weapon appears to be a Kalashnikov with its magazine tapped "jungle style" |
This particular individual might me a commander. His officer gear might have been stolen from the SPLA. |
Again, red headbands, western clothing with traditional influences, and some military fatigues. |
One of the more well equipped fighters in the militia. Notice the prevalence of red headbands among this fighters. Must be some tribal indication or something. |
These depictions are interesting because they show the contradictory influences of traditional and western cultures on these fighters. |
Josh, what war are they fighting?
ReplyDeleteThey are fighting the South Sudan Civil War of 2014.
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