utter bellows (sira soka). Every cira is unique and carries coded message. A sira is normally used as sign of identification and authority. Women (often the wives of the men who utter cira) would answer with their own bellow (Gbilili) as sign of recognition and reverence. During mure, war songs (jenyi) are often sung - specially when the Madi people at war. Jenyi could even be sung during the time of battles, accompanied by the sounds of sira, ture and pkere, by Madi warriors to encourage themselves and to threaten the enemies to surrender or escape. Gayi — a youth flirtation dance similar to flamingo. Kore — a graceful dance Kejua — mostly danced by women Notable Ma'di individuals Joseph Lagu, Vice President (Sudan), leader of Anyanya John Baptist Angalefo Maku Iga, director general, Uganda External Security Organisation Gen Moses Ali, Second Deputy prime minister, Uganda Moira, the war hero of Madi who fought for the Madi people Important tourist attractions In Uganda there are substantial earthworks of a fort at Dufile which was built in 1879 by Emin Pasha close to a site selected by Charles George Gordon in 1874; Dufile was originally used as a port for steamers and is today passenger ferries link it to Nimule. In the Sudan, there is the Nimule national park, and the Fulla Rapids, which may become a major provider of hydro-electricity for the whole region. References A'babiku, Rose A Key History of Ma'di Blackings, M and Fabb N (2003) A Grammar of Ma'di: Mouton Blackings, M (2000) Ma'di English - English Ma'di Dictionary. Lincom Europa. Fuli, Severino (2002) Shaping a Free Southern Sudan: Memoirs of our struggle. Loa Parish. Gurtong Peace Project - South Sudanese Communities Moorehead Alan, No Room in the Ark, Penguin, Middlesex, 1962. The Discovery of the Source of the Nile, by John Hanning Speke Ismailia, by Sir Samuel White Baker The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile and Explorations of the Nile Sources, by Sir Samuel White Baker In the Heart of Africa, by Sir Samuel White Baker The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs, by Sir Samuel White Baker Crabites, Pierre. Gordon, The Sudan and Slavery Greenwood Press, 1970. Northrup, David. Beyond the Bend in the River: African Labor in Eastern Zaire, 1865-1940 Ohio University Center for International Studies, 1988. Udal, John O. The Nile in darkness: conquest and