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The Luo Tribe is an ethnic group with significant minority populations in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. While its origins have been traced to Sudan,EveryCulture.com: Luo the largest concentration of Luo is in Kenya, where they comprise 12% of the population.Kenya-Advisor: The Luo Tribe
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- Third largest ethnic group in Kenya, behind the Kikuyu and Luhya
- Kenya (3,185,000)
- Tanzania (280,000)
- Uganda (146,000)
- Religions: Christianity and Islam
- Languages: Dholuo, Swahili, and English
- Share political power in Kenya with the majority Kikuyu Tribe
- Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga is a Luo
- Barack Obama's father was a member of the Luo
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The 2007 Kenya Presidential Election featured a Luo (Raila Odinga), and a Kikuyo (Mwai Kibaki) as the premier candidates. After Kibaki was announced as the winner of the election Luo, frustrated by a lack of political representation, took to the streets in protest. After a period of bloody riots, Kibaki and Odinga agreed to for a coalition government. -
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Ethnologue: Luo: A language of Kenya
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BBC News: "Could US Elect a Luo Before Kenya?"
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Wikipedia: Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)
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allAfrica: "Kenya: Luo Elders Reject Male Circumcision"
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Google Video: Traditional Luo Farmer in Kenya (Time 01:31)
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Blue Gecko: Luo Bibliography
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Africa Files: "Why Luo Teenage Mothers Never Go Back to School"
africafiles.org (May 13, 2003)
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Ethnologue: Luo: A language of Kenya
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@AuthorofPatches Obama writes about how his Kenyan family considers him "Luo" (tribe) and "Kenyan"...but not Black. Half-Caste. This is real
@KolaBoof | November 10, 2009 08:22 PM -
Thinking: Kibaki isn't a Kikuyu. Raila isn't Luo: They endanger all of us because of totally different identities and profiles: not tribe
@jamesnduko | November 09, 2009 07:55 AM -
@youngkenyan You were born in Kenya or your parents are Kenyan? I love your tribe "Luo" but the Kikuru I know better
@KolaBoof | November 08, 2009 05:34 AM -
Even amoung Africans, I located verbage about racial purity relating to the Luo Tribe and the Kings African Rifles.
@CoveRealty | November 07, 2009 01:41 AM -
#AuPair Robert Oyoo, age 19 from Nairobi, Kenya: I am a Luo,the tribe that the US president Barrack Obama belon.. http://tinyurl.com/yckbn7a
@AuPair_Options | November 06, 2009 09:06 AM
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Luo (Tribe) Recent News
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- Agence France-Presse: "Obama Mania Soars Amid Kenyan Unrest" (February 6, 2008)
- allAfrica: "Kenya: No Place to Call Home" (February 5, 2008)
- "They [the attackers] gave us four days [to leave], but they came on the third day and looted and burnt everything. They told us to leave as we came - with nothing...we would like to leave, but how do we get there [Siaya district]. And how do we survive when we get there now that everything has been burnt or stolen?"
- Voice of America: "Kenya Unrest Points to Deeper Underlying Issues" (February 4, 2008)
- CNN: "Kenya Opposition: We Need Help" (February 3, 2008)
