ABSTRACT
This chapter attempts to discuss the traditional institutions and practices of the Booranaa and the Nuer. It highlights the traditional institutional structures and functions among the Booranaa and the Nuer. Most of the local problems and issues are solved or settled through the traditional institutions of the Gadaa among the Booranaa and by the Council of elders and chiefs of the Nuer. The Booranaa have several traditional institutions which manifested themselves in the socio-political, economic, and cultural life of their society. One of the earliest written sources that more or less thoroughly described the Oromo gadaa system of government in detail was Abba Bahrey's account of Oromo history. Both Booranaa and the Nuer informants have confirmed that their communities have had conflicts with the neighboring ethnic groups and/or clans. Land, water, and cattle theft were the major causes of conflicts concerning both inter- and intra-ethnic conflicts.
