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27-406: Luo or LUO may refer to: Luo peoples and languages [ edit ] Luo peoples , an ethno-linguistic group of eastern and central Africa Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania or Joluo, an ethnic group in western Kenya, eastern Uganda, and northern Tanzania. Luoland , the tribal homeland of the group immediately above Luo languages ,

54-505: A dozen languages spoken by the Luo peoples Luo language (Kenya and Tanzania) or Dholuo Southern Luo , a dialect cluster of Uganda and neighboring countries Luo language (Cameroon) , a nearly extinct language of Cameroon - not associated with Luo languages above People [ edit ] Luo (surname) (羅), Chinese surname Luò (surname) (駱), Chinese surname Jing Jing Luo , Chinese composer Luo Changqing , killed in

81-528: A grassy region that is flat and virtually treeless. During the rainy season, this area floods, so that much of it becomes swampland with various channels of deep water running through it. The Anuak who live in the lowlands of Gambela are Luo people . These have accused the current Ethiopian government of encroachment. The government's oppression has affected the Anuak's access to education, health care, and other basic services, as well as limiting opportunities for

108-792: A thickly forested area as a defence against attacks from Bantu neighbours who had already settled there. This self-imposed isolation helped them maintain their language and culture amidst Bantu and Ateker communities. Those who went further a field were the Jo k'Ajok and Jo k'Owiny. The Ajok Luo moved deeper into the Kavirondo Gulf; their descendants are the present-day Jo Kisumo and Jo Karachuonyo amongst others. Jo k'Owiny occupied an area near Got Ramogi or Ramogi hill in Alego of Siaya district. The Owiny's ruins are still identifiable to this day at Bungu Owiny near Lake Kanyaboli . The other notable Luo group

135-886: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Language and nationality disambiguation pages Luo peoples The Luo groups in South Sudan include the Shilluk , Anuak , Pari , Acholi , Balanda Boor , Thuri and Luwo . Those in Uganda include the Alur , Acholi , Jonam and Padhola . The ones in Kenya and Tanzania are the Joluo (also called Luo in Kenyan English). The Joluo and their language Dholuo are also known as

162-672: Is the Omolo Luo who inhabited Ugenya and Gem areas of Siaya district. The last immigrants were the Jo Kager, who are related to the Omollo Luo. Their leader Ochieng Waljak Ger used his advanced military skill to drive away the Omiya or Bantu groups, who were then living in present-day Ugenya around 1750AD. Between about 1500 and 1800, other Luo groups crossed into present-day Kenya and eventually into present-day Tanzania . They inhabited

189-537: The Anuak people and Luo Nilotic members. The Shilluk language shares many words with the Anuak language (the dha anywaa) . Most Shilluk are sedentary agriculturists. Like most Nilotic groups, cattle-raising is a large part of their economy; however, agriculture and fishing are more significant activities than usual. Both sexes engage in agricultural work. The Shilluk, along with the Dinka , have been considered some of

216-517: The Bahr el Ghazal area in the early centuries of the second millennium AD (about eight hundred years ago). A further division within the Northern Luo is recorded in a "widespread tradition" in Luo oral history : the foundational figure of the Shilluk (or Chollo) nation was a chief named Nyikango , dated to about the mid-15th century. After a quarrel with his brother, he moved northward along

243-555: The "Luo proper" by Kenya based observers, even though their dialect has more Bantu loan words than the rest. The level of historical separation between these groups is estimated at eight centuries. Dispersion from an alleged Nilotic core region in South Sudan is presumed to have been triggered by the turmoil of the Muslim conquest of Sudan . The migration of individual groups over the last few centuries can to some extent be traced in

270-578: The 18th century, other Luo-speaking people moved to the area that encompasses present-day South Sudan, Northern Uganda, and North-Eastern Congo (DRC) – forming the Alur , Jonam and Acholi . Between the middle of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century, some Luo groups proceeded eastwards. One group called Padhola (or Jopadhola - people of Adhola), led by a chief called Adhola, settled in Budama in Eastern Uganda. They settled in

297-606: The 2019 Hong Kong protests Michael Luo (born 1976), American journalist Show Lo (born 1979), Taiwanese singer, dancer and actor Geography [ edit ] Luo (state) , a Chinese feudal state, 11th–7th centuries B.C. Luo River (Henan) (洛河, Luohe), a tributary of the Yellow River, flows mostly in Henan province of China Luo River (Shaanxi) (洛河, Luohe), river in Shaanxi, China, second largest tributary of

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324-668: The IATA abbreviation for Luena Airport in Angola Luo River (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Luo . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luo&oldid=1251703400 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

351-453: The Nile and established a feudal society. The Pari people descend from the group that rejected Nyikango. The Anuak are a Luo people whose villages are scattered along the banks and rivers of the southwestern area of Ethiopia, with others living directly across the border in South Sudan. The name of these people is also spelled Anyuak, Agnwak, and Anywaa. The Anuak of South Sudan lives in

378-811: The Wei River Luo River (Fujian) (洛江, Luojiang), river in Fujian, China; flows into Quanzhou Bay of Taiwan Strait Luo Scientific Reserve , a protected area in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Luo (also Luoyi 洛邑) the ancient Zhou capital: see Luoyang Other uses [ edit ] Luo (instrument) , a type of Chinese gong Luo, a character in the novel Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie See also [ edit ] LUO,

405-666: The area of Bunyoro . These Luo settled with the Bantu and established the Babiito dynasty, replacing the Bachwezi dynasty of the Empire of Kitara . According to the legends, Isingoma Mpuga Rukidi (Grandson to Labongo), the first in the line of the Babiito kings of Bunyoro-Kitara , was the twin brother of Kato Kimera, the first king of Buganda . These Luo were assimilated into the Bantu's society and lost their language and culture. Later in

432-532: The area on the banks of Lake Victoria . According to the Joluo , a warrior chief named Ramogi Ajwang led them into present-day Kenya about 500 years ago. As in Uganda, some non-Luo people in Kenya have adopted Luo languages. A majority of the Bantu Suba people in Kenya speak Dholuo as a first language and have largely been assimilated. The Luo in Kenya , who call themselves Joluo ("people of Luo"), are

459-611: The development of the area. The Acholi also spelt Acoli, another Luo people in South Sudan, occupy what is now called Magwi County in Eastern Equatorial State. They border the Uganda Acoli of Northern Uganda. The South Sudan Acholi numbered about 10,000 on the 2008 population Census. In the 1500s, a small group of Luo known as the Biito-Luo (Paluo), led by Labongo encountered Bantu-speaking peoples living in

486-696: The fourth largest community in Kenya after the Kikuyu , Luhya and Kalenjin . In 2017 their population was estimated to be 6.1 million. In Tanzania they numbered (in 2010) an estimated 1,980,000 [1] . The Luo in Kenya and Tanzania call their language Dholuo , which is mutually intelligible (to varying degrees) with the languages of the Alur, Acoli, and Padhola of Uganda, South Sudan and Jo Nam or Alur of Congo. The Luo (or Joluo) are traditional fishermen and practice fishing as their main economic activity. Other cultural activities included wrestling (yii or dhao) kwath for

513-721: The genetic material." These refugees were displaced due to the Sudanese civil wars in their country from 1955 to the present. Most Shilluk have converted to Christianity , while some still follow the traditional religion or a mixture of the two; a few have converted to Islam . The Episcopal Church of Sudan dates the event to the late 19th century, when the Church Mission Society first began to send missionaries. Colonial policies and missionary movements have divided Shilluk into Catholic and Protestant denominations. The Catholic Church historically proselytized on

540-731: The largest single ethnic group in East Africa. This includes peoples who share Luo ancestry and/or speak a Luo language. Shilluk people The Shilluk ( Shilluk : Chollo ) are a major Luo Nilotic ethnic group that resides in the northeastern Upper Nile state of South Sudan on both banks of the Nile River in Malakal . Before the Second Sudanese Civil War , the Shilluk also lived in settlements on

567-711: The late 1980s and the pre-ceasefire fighting in 2004. During the summer of 2010, the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), in an attempt to disarm the tribe and stop a local Shilluk rebellion, burned several villages and killed an untold number of civilians in South Sudan's Shilluk Kingdom. Over 10,000 people were displaced during the rainy season and sent fleeing into the forest, often naked, without bedding, shelter, or food. Many children died from hunger and cold. Violence started again in April 2011 with an SPLA crackdown on rebel-controlled regions. The Shilluk and Nuba were

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594-746: The northern bank of the Sobat River , close to where the Sobat joins the Nile. The Shilluk are the third-largest ethnic group of southern Sudan, after the Dinka and Nuer . Their language is called Dhøg Cøllø , dhøg being the Shilluk word for language and mouth. It belongs to the Luo branch of the Western Nilotic subfamily of the Nilotic languages . The Shilluk people formed today's Shilluk Kingdom in southern Sudan in 1454. Historically, it

621-689: The respective group's oral history . The Luo are part of the Nilotic group of people. The Nilotes had separated from the other members of the East Sudanic family by about the 3rd millennium BC. Within Nilotic, Luo forms part of the Western group. Within Luo, a Northern and a Southern group is distinguished. Dholuo is part of the Southern Luo group. Northern Luo is mostly spoken in South Sudan, while Southern Luo groups migrated south from

648-701: The tallest people in the world. In an investigation between 1953 and 1954, D. F. Robers reported that Dinka Ruweng males were, on average, 181.3 cm (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) tall, while Shilluk males averaged 182.6 cm (6 ft 0 in). General characteristics among the Nilotic people include long legs, narrow bodies, and short trunks, adaptations to South Sudan's hot climate. However, in 1995, male Shilluk refugees in southwestern Ethiopia were, on average, 172.6 cm (5 ft 8 in) tall. The study suggests that Nilotic people "may attain greater height if privileged with favorable environmental conditions during early childhood and adolescence, allowing full expression of

675-554: The western bank of the Nile. It ran mission stations at Lul, Detwoc , Tonga , and Yoynyang . In contrast, the American Inland Mission ran a mission station at Doleib Hill , located south of Malakal on the eastern side of the Nile but situated on the Sobat River . The Shilluk were a minority in the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) for most of the Second Sudanese Civil War , their number peaking in

702-630: The young boys aged 13 to 18 in their age sets. Their main rivals in the 18th century were the Lango, the Highland Nilotes, who traditionally engaged them in fierce bloody battles, most of which emanated from the stealing of their livestock. The Luo people of Kenya are nilotes and are related to the Nilotic people. The Luo people of Kenya are the fourth largest community in Kenya after the Kikuyu and, together with their brethren in Tanzania, form

729-403: Was a patriarchal monarchy led by a reth from the divine lineage of the culture hero Nyikang , who is believed to affect the nation's health. Their society was once somewhat hierarchical, with castes of royals, nobles, commoners, and enslaved people. Today, the Shilluk government is a democracy, with an elected headman voted in by a council of hamlet heads. The Shilluk are closely related to

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