The Luo (also spelled Lwo ) are several ethnically and linguistically related Nilotic ethnic groups that inhabit an area ranging from Egypt and Sudan to South Sudan and Ethiopia , through Northern Uganda and eastern Congo (DRC) , into western Kenya , and the Mara Region of Tanzania . Their Luo languages belong to the western branch of the Nilotic language family .
23-913: Onyango is a surname used by Luo people in Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda meaning "Born in the Early Morning": Adelle Onyango (born 1989), Kenyan radio presenter, social activist and media personality Brian Onyango (born 1994), Kenyan football player Charles Onyango-Obbo (born 1958), Ugandan author, journalist, editor of The Monitor Denis Onyango (born 1985), Ugandan football player Joash Onyango (born 1993), Kenyan football player Joe Oloka-Onyango (born 1960), Ugandan lawyer and academic Lameck Onyango (born 1973), Kenyan cricketer Lucas Onyango (born 1981), Kenyan rugby player Zeituni Onyango (1952–2014), public health and half-aunt of Barack Obama Fictional [ edit ] Tobias Onyango Fünke,
46-561: A fictional character on the television show Arrested Development [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Onyango . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Onyango&oldid=1237748946 " Categories : Surnames Kenyan names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
69-524: 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
92-778: 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
115-713: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles 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
138-652: 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
161-553: 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
184-545: 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
207-567: 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
230-449: 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
253-648: 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
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#1732847544053276-522: 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
299-470: The country. During the condominium period of joint British-Egyptian rule, the area was administered by British district officers; because of annual flooding and difficult traveling conditions, the area became part of what was known colloquially in the British Sudan Service as "The Bog", with British District Officers known as "Bog Barons" The region has been affected by civil war for many years. It
322-590: 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
345-688: 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
368-545: The largest single ethnic group in East Africa. This includes peoples who share Luo ancestry and/or speak a Luo language. Bahr el Ghazal (region of South Sudan) The Bahr el Ghazal ( Arabic : بحر الغزال ) is a region of northwestern South Sudan . Its name came from the river Bahr el Ghazal . The name translates as "sea of gazelles" from Arabic. Bahr el Ghazal borders the Central African Republic to
391-521: The neighboring region of Darfur . The khedive of Egypt made Bahr al Ghazal his province in 1864. Powerful native merchants, who set themselves up as princes complete with armies, emerged in the area. The most powerful of them, al-Zubayr , fought and defeated a joint Turkish /Egyptian force sent to Bahr el Ghazal in 1873. The khedive conceded defeat and made Bahr el Ghazal a nominal province of Egypt, with al-Zubayr as its governor. It came under Mahdist control in 1884, when Karam Allāh Muḥammad Kurkusāwī
414-464: The population of the region is internally displaced or refugees in neighboring countries. Under legislation approved by the government of South Sudan in 2011, Bahr el Ghazal could host a planned city at Ramciel intended to serve as the new national capital. If a new capital at Ramciel is built, it would mark a shift away from the power center in Equatoria , though Ramciel is located very close to
437-716: 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
460-498: The west. It is an area of swamps and ironstone plateaus inhabited mainly by the Dinka people , who make their living through subsistence farming and cattle herding plus Luwo and Fartit tribes. Bahr el Ghazal consists of the following states : Between October 2015 and January 2020, the region consisted of the following states: It was historically subject to raids by the Fur invaders from
483-613: 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
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#1732847544053506-706: Was a scene of fighting in the First Sudanese Civil War . In 1982, the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) was formed there by John Garang to fight the Northerners-dominated government in Khartoum . This was the beginning of what quickly became known as the Second Sudanese Civil War . The subsequent conflict lasted until 2003 and killed more than two million people. A substantial fraction of
529-470: Was appointed governor. The region was visited by the anthropologist E. E. Evans-Pritchard in 1929. The region was later incorporated into Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and became the ninth province after being split from Equatoria in 1948, and later a province, and then state, under the Republic of Sudan. In 1996, the region was divided into the four current districts as part of an administrative reorganization of
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