Bari

Bari, a race of Soudanese negroes on both sides of the White Nile, whose chief town is Gondokoro. They are tall and active, cultivate durra, and keep numerous herds of cattle; but their morale has deteriorated sadly through the influence of slave and ivory traders, and they have become treacherous and bloodthirsty. In the summer of 1871 Baker waged a short war against the Bari, and added their country to the dominions of Egypt. The language of the Bari is nearly allied to that of the Dinka and other languages of the Nile. See Friedrich Müller, Die Sprache der Bari (Vienna, 1864).