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Luo

Member 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.



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For example, Luos are known for eating collard greens and are credited with introducing the greens to the rest of the country.
Kenyan cuisine. (International Flair) by Berkoff, Nancy / Vegetarian Journal
While Kenyatta was no democrat, he enjoyed the solid political support of all the tribes with the exception of the Luos, the Somalis, and the small pastoral groups.
Kenya: a tarnished jewel by Hempstone, Smith / The National Interest
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