The Luo Culture

The Luo Culture
Author: Andrev B. C. Ocholla-Ayayo
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1980
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

The Luo People in South Sudan

The Luo People in South Sudan
Author: Kon K. Madut
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2020-08-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 152755810X

This work draws from several interpretations and perceptions of Lou ethnic groups regarding their kinships, lineages, and the geocultural claims pertaining to their identity and sociocultural interactions among social groups and communities. It builds on the current literature and oral history to methodologically reaffirm kinships and establish ethnic lineages. Most contemporary Luo narratives come from Kenya and Uganda, in addition to those written by Western anthropologists and missionaries. None of these narratives have changed the content of the oral stories told by Luo groups and subgroups in Africa, especially those related to their lineages, ethnic affiliations, and their path of immigration from South Sudan to Tanzania, but have, instead, confirmed the history, stories, and mythology of the greater Luo groups in Africa. This book will serve to evoke intellectual curiosity among African social scientists, prompting them to conduct more research to further understanding of Luo ethnic groups’ ways of life and social interactions, as well as their contributions to the sociopolitical and economic development in the countries and regions they inhabit.

The Päri in the Luo Community

The Päri in the Luo Community
Author: Ukal Kawang Julu Mutho
Publisher:
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2020-01-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780648654124

Ukal Kawang Julu Mutho was born in 1964 at Lafon, Torit District, in the then Southern Sudan. He attended Primary School at Lafon in 1971; Torit one intermediate in 1978; Joined Juba Commercial Secondary School in 1979: studied in the University of Juba in 1986 and graduated with a Bachelor degree in Accounting. In 2003, he studied for pst Graduate Diploma in Sudanese and African languages in the Institute of African and Asian Studies (IAAS) University of Khartoum and graduated in 2004. Served as a teacher at El Gaderif commercial Secondary school in 1995; St. Mary Minor Secondary Khartoum in 1998; worked as senior Accountant with the Nile Commercial Bank Pic, in2006-9. Worked with the South Sudan Investment Authority as Director of Investor service; Acting Director-General with the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment (GOSS); served as Chief Administrator for Lafon Area in 2010 and became the first commissioner for Lafon county in 2016. Ukal is the author of Pӓri Alphabet Book, and The Pari Storybook; He is married and has children. Contents: Geography and the people: Cradle land and Migrations: Pӓri Clans Pӓri contacts with Outside World: Formation of Age group Political institutions and Authority: Institutions of Power, Relational Linkages and Justice. Marriage, Beliefs and Customs, Traditional burial Customs Epilogue.

The Luo of Africa

The Luo of Africa
Author: Afullo Obiero Charles
Publisher:
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2019-09-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781693369407

The Luo are a unique being. Its history is akin to the Israelites and the Old testament, complete with miracles like those of Nengo Jamwa, the heroes like Lwanda Magere whose power was in his shadow, and Gor Mahia, among others. The Luo migration is traceable to Egypt, with some of the Pharaos believed to have had a luo origin. Later, the history is documented clearer from Sudan, from where they migrate to the rest of Eastern (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania), Central Africa (DRC and Togo) and Western Africa (Ghana and Nigeria). They found the Babito Dynasty, replacing the then unique only dynasty in Bunyoro Kitara. Mpunga Rukidi's twin brother later founds Baganda kingdom. The Luo are a culturally strong Nilotic people wo whom a home means a home and nothing less. Even though some of them have long left the right of passage of removal of six lower teeth, it still has a lot of cultural relevance. Other cultural practises described in this book include wife inheritance, choice of leadership, among others. It is a unique nation which has produced some of the most eloquesnt and einfluential leaders such as Barrack Obama and Raila Odinga, both from Kenya. other leaders of Luo Origin are the late Garang and Milton Obote. History has it that Ruoth of Alego ascended to the kingship throne after cheating hie elder brother, ogelo at a shaving ceremony marking the end of the mandatory 3 / 4 days of mourning of one of their parents. When Ogelo was already seated ready to be shaved as the eldest son, he was called by the women who seemingly were squabbling over something. As a responsible elder, Ogelo obliged. Unknown to him, his younger brother had a secret plan to dethrown him from the mantle of leadership. On coming back, Ogelo found Ruoth already being shaved. This got him angry, and he left in a huff, even migrating to south Nyanza. However, it is said that Ogelo, like the case of Cain and Abel, was promised that whereas Ruoth had taken the home mantle from him, his position as the eldest son was secure, for he would have bigger positions than those ever to be taken by Ruoth. It is this that the presidency of Barrack Obama as the president of the United states, notably the strongest country on earth, was foretold. That Obama became president is therefore not a surprise to the Luo. Yet this is just one of the miracles foretold by the foreseers; there are many more promises yet to be fulfilled up the sleeves of the Luo . So to the world, . Watch this space.

Oral Literature of the Luo

Oral Literature of the Luo
Author: Simon Okumba Miruka
Publisher: East African Publishers
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2001
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9789966250865

This is the sixth title in a series of titles focussing on the oral literary tradition of various East African ethnic groups - the Maasai, the Embu and the Mbeere amongst others - published by EAEP. Okumba Miruka, particularly known for his contribution to oral literature in Kenya, sets out to contexualise his subject by first explaining about the Luo people and culture - from migratory patterns and economic activity to the concept of divinity, death, warfare and Luo cuisine and eating culture. He then approaches the oral literature of the Luo through the genres of riddles, proverbs, poetry and narratives. For each genre, he offers a general introduction, notes on style, convention, performance and social function, and a wide range of samples, or 'primary texts' with commentaries.