 Zvisinei, vapoteri vechirume vechiShilluk vakayerwa muna 1995 kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweEthiopia vakanga vakareba masendimita 172.6 chete. Sezvinoratidzwa nokudzidza kwacho, vanhu vechiNilotic vangakwanisa kureba zvikuru kana vakakomborerwa nemamiriro ezvinhu akanaka munharaunda yavo vachiri vaduku uye vachiri kuyaruka, zvichiita kuti zvibereko zvavo zvibereke zvizere. Vasati vatiza, vapoteri ava vakanga vari pasi pokushayiwa nemhaka yehondo dzevagari vomunyika dzakatevedzanamunyika yavo kubvira muna 1955 kusvikira zvino. 