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LuoMember of the second-largest ethnic group of Kenya, living in the Lake Victoria region and numbering around 2,650,000 (1987). The Luo are a Nilotic people who traditionally lived by farming livestock. Many, however, now work as wage labourers throughout East Africa. Traditionally they had a strong clan system without centralized political authority. Their religion includes beliefs in a supreme creator, Nyasi, and ancestor worship. The Luo language is of the Nilo-Saharan family. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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For more information on the symposium, contact Luo Lianggong, professor of English, assistant editor-in-chief, Foreign Literature Studies, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, China, Phone/Fax: 86-27-6786 6042 E-mail: luogon2@yahoo. China Eastern Airlines replaced President Luo Chaogeng with Cao Jianxiong, an executive director at the airline, according to a company statement cited by Reuters that offered no explanation for the move. Ying Luo, GNI's president and COO and co-founder of Shanghai Genomics, added, "GNI is an excellent example of a modern biopharmaceutical company that effectively works without international borders to source the best available resources. |
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