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    small group of Luo known as the Biito-Luo (Paluo), led by Labongo encountered Bantu-speaking peoples living in the area of Bunyoro. These Luo settled with...
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    These migrants were closely related to Luo peoples found in Uganda, especially the Acholi and Padhola people. As they moved into Kenya and Tanzania,...
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  • Burun-speaking peoples, Teso people also known as Iteso or people of Teso, Karo peoples, Luo peoples, Ateker peoples, Kalenjin peoples, Karamojong people also known...
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  • The dozen Luo, Lwo or Lwoian languages are spoken by the Luo peoples in an area ranging from southern Sudan to western Ethiopia to southern Kenya, with...
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  • format) Luo peoples or Lwo, an African ethnic linguistic group Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania, an indigenous people of Kenya and Tanzania Luo languages...
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  • Luo or LUO may refer to: Luo peoples, an ethno-linguistic group of eastern and central Africa Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania or Joluo, an ethnic group...
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    northern neighbors, the Luo and Shilluk. Also, they share a similar language with their neighbors to the south, the Acholi. The Luo peoples are scattered all...
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    The Adhola people, also known as Jopadhola, are a Nilotic ethnic group of Luo peoples that live in Tororo District of Eastern Uganda and comprise about...
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    The Acholi people (also spelled Acoli) are a Nilotic ethnic group of Luo peoples (also spelled Lwo), found in Magwi County in South Sudan and Northern...
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  • ethno-linguistically related Luo peoples of East Africa.[citation needed] They speak the Luwo language which is a Northern Luo language. They are related...
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    Luo Yunxi (Chinese: 罗云熙, born July 28, 1988), also known by his English name Leo Luo, is a Chinese actor, singer and dancer. Luo first became known for...
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  • under the See also section. This is a list of people of Luo Descent and for those otherwise perceived as Luos; either in birth or adoption. Only those meeting...
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  • Folklore of the Luo peoples of Kenya speaks of a mighty warrior known as Lwanda Magere. He was born in the year 1720 to Abonyo Wuod Omolo and his mother...
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  • Dholuo (redirect from Luo dialect)
    Anuak of Ethiopia due to common ethnic origins of the larger Luo peoples who speak Luo languages. It is estimated that Dholuo has 93% lexical similarity...
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    also popular folk songs of Tanzania and Kenya's Luo peoples that formed the base on benga creation. The Luo of Kenya have long played an eight-string lyre...
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    northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). They are part of the larger Luo group. In Uganda, they live mainly in the Nebbi, Zombo, Pakwach and Arua...
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    The Shilluk (Shilluk: Chollo) is a major Luo Nilotic ethnic group that resides in the northeastern Upper Nile state of South Sudan on both banks of the...
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  • Organisation) - An defunct East African welfare organisation that united Luo peoples Luo Union F.C. - A defunct Kenyan football club organised by the welfare...
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  • The Balanda Boor (or Boor) are an ethnic group numbering 40,000 to 50,000 people living in the South Sudanese states of Western Equatoria and Western Bahr...
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  • Luo language or Lwo language may refer to: Luo languages, a family of Nilotic languages spoken by the Luo peoples from southern Sudan to southern Kenya...
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  • The Thuri, also known as Shatt, and Luo people of South Sudan. They speak DheThuri, a Luo language that is similar to the Jur and Dinka languages. Having...
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  • culture in the 10th century. Following the migration and invasion of Luo peoples c. 15th century, Kitara would collapse, and from the ashes rose various...
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    north is Lake Victoria, with a small corridor occupied by the Luo and other Bantu peoples. The Kuria are found in Kenya and Tanzania. In Kenya, they live...
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  • The Dark Forest (redirect from Luo Ji)
    described as early as 1983. In a flashback, Chinese sociology professor Luo Ji has a chance meeting with Ye Wenjie, the astrophysicist from The Three...
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    was in southern Kordofan. Centuries of isolation and influence from Luo peoples caused them to be a distinct ethnic group from the Naath. The arrival...
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  • Nyamgodho Son of Ombare is a folk legend of the Luo peoples of Kenya. It is also known as Nyamgondho Wuod Ombare, Nyamgondho Kombare, and Nyamgontho....
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  • Southern Luo is a dialect cluster of Uganda and neighboring countries. Although Southern Luo dialects are mutually intelligible,[citation needed] there...
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    Lupita Nyong'o (category Luo people)
    "Kenyan-Mexican". She is of Luo descent on both sides of her family, and is the second of six children. It is a tradition of the Luo people to name a child after...
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    currently[when?] about 2,884,000. The Lango people speak the Lango language, a Western Nilotic language of the Southern Luo group. The Lango oral tradition states...
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  • Luo Yixiu (Chinese: 羅一秀; 20 October 1889 – 11 February 1910), a Han Chinese woman, was the first wife of the later Chinese communist revolutionary and...
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