The Mà’dí are a Central Sudanic speaking people that live in Pageri County in South Sudan and the districts of Adjumani and Moyo in Uganda.  In standard orthography, the apostrophe indicates that d is implosive.

Socially, a Madi can only marry someone from outside their clan, but they must normally marry within the group that shares the Madi language.     

Before the coming of Christianity and Islam to Madi, the predominant religion of Madi people was all about the belief in, and the worship of ancestors who were believed to survive death in the form of spirits known as ori. Today, the majority of the Madi are Christians, while some are Muslim. Most Christian Ma’di are Catholics with some Anglicans.