Driberg (1923) described the Lango as superior, sensible, highly moral, with a distaste for witchcraft, brave and venturesome warriors, hardworking people, individualistic, independent and impatient of control (pg. 69). He experienced the latter as a colonial administrator in Lango. He described Lango as "long-limbed, orthognathous and dark skinned. They have narrow jaw as a rule, and their lips are much thinner and their nose better formed than is usual among the negro tribes. They are thin without the lanky appearance which characterizes the Acholi and Dinka and muscular without any disproportionate development. In contrast with the practice of Bantu tribes, the men do all the hard work of cultivation, and this together with the pursuit of hunting and fighting has resulted in a fine appearance of physical capacity, which is not belied by their powers of endurance and sustained exercise. One of the remarkable results of their energetic life is the excessive development of the iliac line...The Lango may with justice be called a handsome race, both men and women, though very degraded-looking specimens are occasionally to be found with more negroid features...It has been observed that they are dark-skinned, but reference should be made to the fact that there live at Apach for some obscure reason a number of much lighter-skinned Lango, and elsewhere the light-skinned type may occasionally be seen" (pg. 50).
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