Bai people (South Sudan)

The Bai people are an ethnic group speaking the Bai language in South Sudan. The Bai language is a Niger–Congo language. There are several thousand Bai. The Bai people mostly inhabit the Southern Sudanese state of Western Bahr el Ghazal.Gurtong Peace Project Their population declined likely due to centuries of slave raids and invasions.

Religion Little is known about the Bai peoples' religion, but it can be assumed that they practice traditional African religion. Many have converted to Islam. References