In early days of 1874 the North Eastern side of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a faction of the Lugbara were called “The Naked People”, due to their attitude towards clothing.

Most women did not wear shirts and many of them did not wear even dresses, but they were covered with grass skirts or leaves. Taller than many Congolese, the Lugbara men are great hunters as well, using powerful bows with long arrows that have fishing hooks type tips.

This ethnic group straddles the common border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo with the majority of their population in the Congo side of the border. Some live in South Sudan.