HOW MANY LUO TRIBES EXIST?

[@gideonnyangweso4487]

As a Luo in Kenya, I'm glad I found this channel and subscribed...

[@KPtravels001]

Thank you. Glad to know that you enjoyed. Kindly share widely with your friends and family. I need more luos here.

[@thomaskak2528]

My name is Thomas from South Sudan, Collo (Luo) by tribe, I love the way you try to find the similarities between our sub- groups. Keep it up Wad waa

[@KPtravels001]

Thank you brother

[@OpioChurch]

Much love from ur brother opiyo from Uganda 🇺🇬 🇺🇬 🇺🇬 (Anaka town) Acholi. I respect your work brother 💪.

[@paulrob7705]

Very impressive, I hope one day we shall all gather together as Luo , to enjoy our culture

[@KPtravels001]

Yes, we will for sure

[@RwothomioSamuel-u4t]

Exactly 💯💯💯💯

[@ocengoyugi4578]

Erokamano ainya.. Apwoyo ma tek KP.. It is such a wonderful outline of all the currently known Luo Ethnic Groups.. their migratory movements and spread through the centuries since.. Every Luo person should feel hugely proud of and really love what you are doing.. after all.. LOVE is rooted in one's own Natural and Cultural Identity.. I personally really appreciate.. admire.. love and am very proud of our peoples wherever they may be.. Thank you so much again.. Erokamano.. Pwoc ma dwong.. Stay well...

[@KPtravels001]

Thank you so much omera. I feel happy being at the center of luo unity journey. And above all, I'm happy to read kind feedbacks like yours because it's a beautiful reminder that I'm on the right track

[@ocengoyugi4578]

@@KPtravels001 Every bit KP.. omera.. Erokamano ainya.. Pwoc ma dwong adada... I'm certain very many many Luo individuals.. (man.. woman.. boy.. girl).. are very closely following.. and the children too.. (

[@LameckOtuomameshack]

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[@mophatmophyOmereJR]

KP 🤝Kudos bro...for me your channel is one of best Luo Repository one can think of getting informed...amor kodi wuod Luo

[@KPtravels001]

Thank you so much. I try my best to give the best. Kindly susbcribe and share my content with your friends and family. I want as many luos as possibly to be equally informed

[@okookobohoochang8234]

Good job Owara keep digging ours history and culture, we should put one book to teach all luo in one 9:12 alphabet so we can understand each other it will be great for us

[@KPtravels001]

Thank you. It takes many to achieve this.

[@abonoomot6088]

Thank you so much my little brother for showing love ❤ for Luo people ❤ 💙 and I am Luo Anyuak Gambella Ethiopia and God bless us all Luo ❤❤❤🙏🏾🙏🏾💯

[@KPtravels001]

Very appreciated. Kindly help me share widely with families and friends. I need more luos on board.

[@davisonono3466]

Good to hear, wch? Part of gambela, are u, in, was, there, in, december

[@anaakot-ojungu5848]

Thank you check about the Lango. My parents use to tell us we we seem to have come from the karamojong line and just got assimilated by the Luo. This is reflected by our clan systems.

[@KPtravels001]

Yeah that's likely to be true. If you watch my video of luo assimilations, you'll see that explained your point. Lango and Kumam were assimilated into luo from Ateker.

[@Ochen656]

No, the history of luo origin starts from Israel. The migrated to Egypt, Ethiopia , Sudan and Uganda. The langil were among those who came with other groups of luo to Ethiopia, but due to war, they went back and came with those of the iteso, which later they settled in uganda. So langi is a group of luo, though those who came to Uganda were elders.

[@Mrpwocber]

@@Ochen656 Langi are Ateker, they are nilo-hamites not Lwo/Luo. They lived along side Lwo people but they are a distinct community similar to Kumam and Teso.

[@wendyadhiambo2086]

This will be resourceful for my literature lessons..

[@KPtravels001]

Perfect. Just don't forget to quote me :)

[@sogonemasagimarcus3982]

Wow! I went through various literature about the essence of luo people but i find this video more useful than ever. Thank you for your great job. Much love from Tz.

[@KPtravels001]

Erokamano omera. Now help me share it widely. I need more luos onboard.

[@WycliffeOchola]

Kogot, this a nice work keep it up. Keep us informed kudos

[@KPtravels001]

Thanks, will do! I just released a luo documentary yesterday. You should watch it

[@dicksonchuchu3255]

Thank you very much jathurwaa it's very important for us Luos in Kenya to be aware of our brothers in the great lakes region and also to work out our unity by arranging Luo festivals before we come up with one strong political party

[@KPtravels001]

You're welcome omera. It's my motivation to let all luos access true knowledge about luo history and language.

[@KPtravels001]

This is my small contribution towards luo reunion. Don't forget to share my videos with friends and family. I want as many luos as possible onboard

[@africanresource920]

@@KPtravels001 history will judge you fairly for this honourable work that you've done,God bless you

[@KPtravels001]

@@africanresource920 thank you so much.

[@Zonesafari]

​@@KPtravels001 there is nothing like reunion everyone his country don't bring us that Somali irredentism mentality

[@okookobohoochang8234]

I like what you doing keep digging more and more Owara

[@KPtravels001]

Thank you so much. I just released my first Luo full documentary yesterday. You should watch it

[@yiikirichard2547]

Really enjoyed your video . Very informative

[@KPtravels001]

Thank you so much. Kindly share with your friends and family. I need more luos on board

[@kr3539]

This video was long overdue, thank you.

[@KPtravels001]

You're welcome. I felt the need to present this information to the luo. There's power in knowledge

[@kr3539]

@@KPtravels001 You're doing great work my brother. I myself have long thought about doing a piece about the Luo migration but I never found the time and I'm not a great orator so I'm glad you did it.

[@KPtravels001]

@@kr3539 thank you. I'm not a great orator too but someone has to do it and so I took the challenge

[@kr3539]

@@KPtravels001 From R3ĎĎ)I)!Ť : The Shilluk kingdom and its relationship with Sudan, ca. 1500-1863 The Shilluk are a Nilotic-speaking people residing in what is now northern South Sudan. They were the only Nilotes who adopted not only a sedentary lifestyle, but even managed to establish a state that technically even persists to this day. For Sudanese history, they are important in three regards: • It was likely the Shilluk who defeated the Funj and drove them to the Blue Nile, where the latter would establish the Sultanate of Sennar that would dominate much of riverine Sudan for three centuries. • They were fierce raiders who managed to subjugate a territory as far north as Eleis near Aba Island, with their influence reaching to Khartoum and the eastern Nuba Mountains. • They managed to stall the Turco-Egyptian expansion for four decades, putting up one of the fiercest resistances of all Sudanese / South Sudanese people. The Shilluk emerged around the second half of the 15th century. This was one of the murkiest periods of Sudanese history, when the Christian states of old, Makuria and Alwa, had long passed their zenith and had disintegrated. The Gezira was home to many different people speaking various Eastern Sudanic languages and was once under the influence of the Nubian kingdom of Alwa, but due to its decline from the 13th century, it had probably disintegrated into various petty states and chiefdoms. The Dinka, who claim to have originated in the Gezira, remember this period as a time of chaos, drought and slavery, causing them to flee southwards to what is now South Sudan. Recent archaeolgical investigations in the Sudanese-Ethiopian borderland seem to confirm the violence and destruction that ensued the 12th century. The Arabized tribes of northern Sudan believe that this was the era of the legendary Abdallah Jammah, who united the Arab tribes and waged a war against what was left of Alwa (remembered in the traditions as "Anaj" or "kingdom of Soba"). On the fringes of the territory once influenced by Alwa, along the White Nile in what is now southern Sudan and northern South Sudan, a new people was arriving. They called themselves "Chollo", but came to be known as Shilluk. All what we know of their early history is derived from their own oral traditions. The Shilluk claim to have come from the deep south, from a place named "Dimo". Their leader, the "reth", was called Nyikang and was leading his people to the confluence of the White Nile and the Sobat River near where the town of Tonga would eventually be founded. The Shilluk were many, but south of their new home was the inhospitable Sudd. Expansion to the north was the only logical consequence. The Shilluk elders recount how they found a people there that they claim to have been culturally superior: the "Apfuny". These could have been no other than the Funj, the same people who would come to dominate much of northern Sudan. Little is known about the origins of the Funj, but most travelogues from the 18th and 19th centuries confirm that they were regarded as former natives of the White Nile. The Upper White Nile was their homeland, their "Nul". The Shilluk remember the encounter with the Funj as violent and ultimately, over the course of many battles, the Funj were defeated, those who remained were assimilated. The Shilluk would expand as far north as Eleis, while the Funj left the White Nile under their leader Amara Dunqas, who would eventually found the town of Sennar at the Blue Nile in 1504/5, build a large empire by expanding as far north as Dongola and convert to Islam. If these events happened as described above, it were the Shilluk under their legendary king Nyikang, who the Shilluk believe would live on in each succeeding king, who were directly responsible for the foundation of the Funj Sultanate. Litte is known about the Shilluk until the 17th century. During this period, the Funj were growing stronger in the Gezira and consolidated their position, pushing the remaining Dinka to the south-west, where they encountered the Shilluk. For much of the 17th century both people were engaged in bitter fighting, though it was this fighting that helped the Shilluk kingdom to centralize and develop proper state mechanisms, establishing a fixed capital at Fashoda (previously, each king had his own residence). The Funj Sultan Badi II (r. 1644/5-1681) married a Shilluk princess, who is said to have asked Badi II to help her people against the Dinka. Badi II was recorded to have expanded the influence of the Funj greatly not only in the Gezira, but also in Kordofan. At the White Nile, he established a garrison at Eleis. Stephanie Beswick even maintains that the Funj occupied the northern half of the Shilluk kingdom, the "Ger" province. However, a simple raid seems more likely, as just a few decades later, in 1684/5, when a great famine hit the country, the Shilluk were capable of conducting massive raids as far north as the confluence of the Blue and White Niles, destroying 17 Islamic schools in the process, thus dealing a great blow to the spread of Islam there. The fate of the Shilluk was not only intertwined with the Funj to the north, but also the Nuba Mountains to the west. The diverse population of the Nuba Mountains was still largely pagan, with Islam only being present among the elite in Taqali in the northeast. The Shilluk called them "Dongo", the "hill people". Contact between the two was simplified by a water course running between Kaka and Taqali. Supposedly, already Nyikang had married a Nuba princess, although there are also accounts of Shilluk raiding Nuba caravans. In any case, the Shilluk were allying themselves with the Nuba of Taqali and Jebel Liri, granting them access to the vast iron reserves of the Nuba Mountains. It was probably the mass production of iron weapons that granted the Shilluk their superiority over the Dinka. The Shilluk relationship with the Nuba remained close: intermarriages were still happening in the 18th century and Nuba participated in the election of the next Shilluk king. In the 1830's it was recorded that the Shilluk kingdom extended as far west as the "Shilluk hills", implying the eastern fringes of the Nuba Mountains. By the second half of the 18th century the once mighty Funj kingdom was declining and slowly disintegrating. The Shilluk seized the opportunity and became the de facto masters of the White Nile, which by this point was known as "Bahr Shilluk". Their canoes, which could transport as many as 12 warriors, were terrorizing the Muslim villagers and merchants to the north. Eleis, now a merchant town, had become a part of the kingdom. The relationship with the Sudanese Muslims to the north was not inherently violent, though, as trade was flourishing: the northerners and westerners, some even from as far as Darfur, traded iron, cattle and cloth for hides, slaves and ivory. Yet, two shadows were looming over the peak of Shilluk might: to the west, an ethnogenetic development saw the transformation of the Nuba of northern and central Kordofan from hilltop dwellers to a race of aggressive raiders claiming Arab descent, known collectively as Baqqara. Together with the northern Sudanese merchants, the Jallaba, they would ignite an era of brutal slave raids devastating southern Sudan. Although making already an appearance in the early-19th century White Nile, the Baqqara were yet lacking the firepower to subjugate the Shilluk and other Nilotic people. More dramatic was the arrival of the Turco-Egyptians in 1821, unifying much of Sudan in a modern state. Egypt was very interested in the ressources of the "Bahr Shilluk", in particular its timber. In 1826 it founded a shipyard at Manjara, roughly halfway between Eleis and Khartoum, and began to raid Shilluk territory. Yet, it failed to subjugate these formidable warriors, although they were armed with state-of-the-art weapons while the Shilluk merely had speards and shields. Yet, the latter were losing their hegemony over the White Nile, as Egyptian naval expeditions reached deep inside their territory. Another development was the growing of a large trading community in Kaka consisting of northern Muslims and a new generation of Shilluk merchants. Dissatisfied with the trade regulations imposed by the Shilluk king, they allied themselves with a Dongolese Nubian named Muhammad Khayr. Considering himself an Egyptian governor, he seized power of the former northern half of the Shilluk kingdom, while "reth" Kwat Kwer ruled in the south. Eventually, Muhammad Khayr was proclaimed as Shilluk king, though he would not embrace the pagan title "reth", but rather "makk", which traditionally referred to Muslim Sudanese petty kings. Whatever he called himself, he was in fact not interested in ruling, but rather he was a predator hunting for Shilluk slaves. Soon after the proclamation in 1863, the Egyptian government sent an army, deposed and eventually killed him and annexed the northern part of the kingdom. The rump state in the south, which was still ruled by king Kwat Ker, had been fully incorporated by 1871. The Shilluk "reth" was allowed to exist, but only as a figurehead without practical power. Although the Egyptian state had theoretically absolished slavery by the mid-19th century, the Shilluk country, by the blessing of the Egyptian governor of Fashoda, continued to be devasted by Baqqara and Ja'aliyin raiders. Samuel Baker noted in 1870 that the governor "had stolen many of their [Shilluk] women and children and had killed their people and he was generally plundering their country." As a result of this devastation, the Shilluk people, once said to number many hundred thousand people, were cleansed from the northern half of their former kingdom, restricting them to their current habitat in South Sudan.

[@danielodero131]

Keep up the good work. Jokanyanam odwa en ot achiel.

[@KPtravels001]

WeAreOne. One big family

[@geert-janb.6994]

Bedankt voor de video! Opdat we niet vergeten, geschiedenis is dood wanneer niemand meer weet hoe de dingen eertijds waren.

[@KPtravels001]

And that's why documenting it helps to keep it intact for the future generations

[@farouminyaljok9605]

Thank you for valuable informations and knowledge about our extended ethnic group ofLou . From your brother in South Sudan ❤

[@KPtravels001]

Thank you so much. Did I miss any luo group in South Sudan?

[@KPtravels001]

Don't forget to subscribe and share my videos with your friends and family. I need more luos

[@Euniceooko-xd9hl]

Good job, keep it up

[@KPtravels001]

Thank you so much. Kindly share with your friends and family. I want more luos on board.

[@akumuramulah7059]

Am proudly luo ,Chope/Paluo masindi kiryandongo District

[@KPtravels001]

Please send me a private message on Facebook or Email. I would like to meet chope/Paluo next week. After, I'm done with Luo of Tanzania I'm heading back to Uganda.

[@julieryatim7802]

Acholi of Uganda have two groups of migration. Those who followed the nile and settled along the Nile later move to Gulu. And those who moved from Bar el gazel over the plains and mountains and settled in Kitgum and also near Karamojong, etc.

[@KPtravels001]

And does this lead to 2 different Acholi groups? Or just one group different routes?

[@AkaoStella-y4f]

Am happy to fine this channel a luo in Uganda

[@CAROLINEOTIENO]

Thanks for sharing this. One thing I've known for a while is that Luos are all over Africa. In various West African countries, Central African Countries and also in Southern Africa. Egypt, South Africa, Gabon, Guinea, Algeria including the ones you mentioned.

[@KPtravels001]

Thank you so much. Could you give me evidence of the luo being in each of the mentioned countries?

[@KPtravels001]

Kindly share my videos with your friends and family. I need more luos on board

[@Okwash1]

So who are the Luo of West Africa or North Africa? Don't say Igbo or Yoruba coz those are not Luos.

[@CYDER-cv3yk]

​@@KPtravels001 Luo names similar to IGBO NAMES

[@thealisterr]

@@Okwash1maybe they are related to Hausa. I’ve heard the Hausas originated from Nubia (Sudan), just like the Luo

[@opiojamesokwir5823]

Omego thanks for the hard work. In Uganda we have Alur (Padyere and Okoro). However it goes upto DRC. Afoyo tic matek.

[@KPtravels001]

And does 'Jonam' fall under Alur?

[@thankswelcome8374]

Wow

[@kwachweldon6930]

Very well put jal... We now need Luo Museums and Cultural Centers

[@georgeerickson8177]

Wow, wow👌 This is lovely. Great job wuod pacho, Erokamano. Its been a while bro.

[@KPtravels001]

Hey, thanks so much.. Yes, it's been a while but I'm back now. Kindly subscribe and share my videos with your friends and family. I need as many luos as possible

[@maryachieng1665]

Very interesting 😊

[@KPtravels001]

Glad you think so! Kindly share my videos with your friends and family. I want more luos on board.

[@wokorachdenishamos5807]

Thanks so much for the history 😍😍

[@KPtravels001]

Our pleasure! The luo have a right to true history and I feel I have the responsibility to dig out the information. Kindly share my videos widely for every luo to access the truth

[@KPtravels001]

The goal is to travel to every single country and region with the Luo and to get to hear from the "horse's mouth"

[@wokorachdenishamos5807]

I will spread it to the whole world. Luo to world. Continue with what you are doing. God is leading your way. Am acholi from Uganda

[@KPtravels001]

@@wokorachdenishamos5807 apwoyo matek 🙏. I'll be pursuing every single luo group to the end

[@ojurgeorge3853]

Great work

[@KPtravels001]

Thank you so much 😀 Kindly subscribe and share my videos with your friends and family. I want as many luos as possible

[@ojurgeorge3853]

@@KPtravels001 positive energy bro, kik iluor...

[@KPtravels001]

@@ojurgeorge3853 thank you 😀

[@ongogoburu2123]

So impressive as a student of history I really enjoy your work.

[@KPtravels001]

Thank you very much! Kindly subscribe and share my videos with your friends and family. I need more luos on board

[@michellekerching]

Thanks so much for this information! 🥳👍🏿

[@KPtravels001]

You're welcome Mitchelle. Kindly subscribe and share my videos with your friends and family. I need more luos on board

[@thdoom81]

GOOD stuff

[@KPtravels001]

Thank you brother. Kindly share with your friends and family. I need more luos here

[@graceandeyolwamba7166]

Nice

[@essauotieno9605]

Omera gino iketo maler. Apuoyo tich maber.👏

[@KPtravels001]

Thank you so much. Kindly share my videos with your friends and family. I need more luos on board.

[@aimeeadeti-muga8868]

Let's also watch all adverts fully!!

[@michealbongomin649]

Thanks am happy we have a platform that unite us all the luo community together am an acholi from Uganda

[@KPtravels001]

Apwoyo matek. I'll be in Gulu and Kitgum this month.

[@KPtravels001]

Kindly share my videos widely with your friends and family. I need more luos here.

[@KizzaSamuel-z8k]

Luo nation from Uganda tororo. Big up to u my bro 4promoting our culture.

[@KPtravels001]

Apwoyo omin. Kindly help me share widely with your friends and family. I need more luos here.

[@OnyangoSolomon]

Peter in ayee ikom wod luo kikome apwoyo for the love and spirit of trying to unite all the luo community THE NEXT ONE SHOULD ME ON THE TRADITIONAL DANCES. I WILL BE GREATFUL TO KNOW. JOK JOK MA MALO OGWOKI

[@KPtravels001]

Apwoyo matek. Yes, I'll widen beyond the language comparison

[@berylotieno276]

Jok jok/ jwok in luo Kenya. Is seems you refer to God as Jok?

[@Mrpwocber]

@@berylotieno276 The young ones do not know that Luo/LWO used to call God YA or EL just like the Bar El Gazel.

[@Dorine-uc8kw]

My first time to hear YA and EL. I have to consult my grandparents 🤔

[@isbellaanena445]

What about the Panyikwara or Pajok people of Luo?

[@KPtravels001]

Where are they?

[@Mrpwocber]

@@KPtravels001 South Sudan

[@KPtravels001]

@@Mrpwocber I'll going to South Sudan soon and I'll need all these details. Kindly send me a private message.

[@collinsondiek9943]

Pajok are acholi

[@facequeenbaefesqueen5039]

❤❤❤

[@akenabongomichael9727]

Love you brother am an acholi luo of uganda

[@KPtravels001]

Apwoyo jal 🙏. We are one

[@akenabongomichael9727]

@@KPtravels001 apwoyo matek bene omera

[@aimeeadeti-muga8868]

Proudly luo!! Amazing

[@KPtravels001]

Erokamano osiep chunya 😉😉

[@muonlinetv1879]

I agree with you in the cocktail thing cz luo of Alego and ugenya rembles That of padhola

[@KPtravels001]

Even the vocabulary differs. Some things are unheard of in South Nyanza yet very common among Alego, Ugenya and some luo groups of Uganda.

[@sospeteranyango6274]

Could there be Luos in Congo Brazzaville,Gabon,Cameron ?

[@KPtravels001]

Well, not sure as of this moment. But I will find out.

[@SLIVIAEMMANUEL]

Congratulations to all my jopadhola people we're 93% related to dholuo ma Kenya, but also I had even Nigeria Luo people are there, is it true Ominni??

[@thealisterr]

I’m not sure if there are Luos in Nigeria, but I know there are Nilotic tribes such as Hausa and the Kanuri (directly from the Kanem bornu empire) in Northern Nigeria. They all look the same with Chadians and Sudanese. Very dark and tall, with slim body and small eyes.

[@TabaN532]

I'm a Luo of south Sudan 🇸🇸🇸🇸 My county is called magwi. My state is called (Torit) we Base in eastern equatoria state.

[@KPtravels001]

Thank you omera. I will come to South Sudan soon. Today, I'm going to Gambella. I'm traveling from Addis Ababa to Gambella to Interview the Anywaa (luo of Ethiopia)

[@kozed130]

My dad is balanda boor from south sudan, are they also bantu due to mixing with bviri?

[@mouriceguya3374]

Can we fund this group till we reach west africa

[@KPtravels001]

Sure that will help be a good facilitator gofund.me/6e427562

[@aduwopbarack1050]

Check out, if you can, the Luo of Cameroon who've now been assimilated by the Mambila ethnic group there. The last Luo speaker there died in 1994 and with him died the Luo language.

[@thealisterr]

Aren’t there Nilotic tribes in Northern Cameroon called the “Kirdi”? I believe the Kirdi are related to the Sara people of southern Chad, and other central sudanic tribes. They are one of the descendants of the ancient SAO civilization that existed in Central Africa from the 4th or 6th century BC to the 1500’s

[@KPtravels001]

Ofcourse I'll try to reach out to every place with the luo people.

[@KPtravels001]

I started this journey and I'll continue until every group is looked into.

[@pioockuthujastudios1392]

The Luo left before the Arab conquest. They were pushed Southward by the Dinka who crossed the Nile from the East and took over the West of the Nile.

[@KPtravels001]

Oooh thanks for this clarification. Could you give me any justifications to this line of argument? I'd love to learn more and more

[@ociradaniel7276]

Not true

[@gorandiaye50]

Also in Senegal we have Lo People. We have also a town called Diourbel (jure belli).

[@KPtravels001]

Which country are you from?

[@gorandiaye50]

@@KPtravels001 Sénégal. Diourbel is french written of jure belli. We have also many family names like in Soudan (Lo, Niane, Maniane, Niang, Maniang, Ley, Maley, Malang, Sey, Massey, Sarr, Massar, Diop, Dior, Madior, Khol, Diack, Gaye,Dieng, Dang ,...). We know also that many senegalese are from Soudan (Old Egypt). And it is amazing how soudanese and senegalese have the same physical .

[@alfredayiro3180]

@@gorandiaye50 Malang is also in the Cameroon.

[@julietatoo5563]

Hi I am Ethur from Uganda, some how I believed we are directly related to the thuri of South Sudan. Can someone reach out we connect?

[@KPtravels001]

I will reach out in due time.

[@AnQiao]

Hello all. I am reading on various personal/surnames across the continent. Is anyone familiar with the personal name Omondi? I have read it comes from Luo (not sure which region).

[@paco8998]

Wooo

[@KPtravels001]

So much was not taught in school 😊😊

[@jameswylsie254]

Luos are original Egyptian they carry there symbols in form of the traditional house roof top for remembrance.. we have luos in Tunisia , Morocco and Western Africa

[@KPtravels001]

Could you mention your source?

[@zigzag4273]

Jatelo. I'm Luo but my Dholuo is really non existent. Where can I start self learning ?

[@KPtravels001]

Thanks for reaching out. If you're in Kenya(or any country with the Luo) then the best thing to do is to travel to a luo region for about 2-3 months. This will give you a good start.

[@KPtravels001]

However, if you are abroad then I can recommend an online class.

[@chishalab.kmwansa6153]

Are Luo and Luhya the same?

[@KPtravels001]

Ofcourse not. Luo are nilotes while Luhya are bantus

[@ogwangEmmanuel-wt2bh]

My brother your left one tribe called luo from Uganda located in karamoja Abim district

[@RimonEmmanuel]

Who are the descendants of the luo

[@odochokee9856]

And in Bahr el ghazal there are several small Luo groups

[@KPtravels001]

Aren't they among the 18 listed?

[@odochokee9856]

@@KPtravels001 not at all

[@halimamusa3932]

Hi,am a kumum staying in Kenya

[@KPtravels001]

Where exactly in Kenya? Could you send me a private message on facebook or on email? I have more questions about Kumam

[@okookobohoochang8234]

you need to write the book for that so everyone of us can read the ours history

[@lwanyowadawang7078]

You forgot Maban community in Upper Nile State. South Sudan.

[@KPtravels001]

Thanks for notifying me. I definitely need more Information on this

[@actuallyrelaxes5831]

I think we're all Luo, I'm very happy, jaduong show us the way

[@KPtravels001]

I'm leaving no stone unturned. Kindly share my videos widely with friends and family. I need more luos on board

[@ocircanakolo2358]

North Sudan(Sudan) also has luo group of people, can you find out who these luo people are in Sudan, one group live near the Red Sea,...

[@KPtravels001]

Thanks for the hint. I will try my best but don't hesitate to let me know should you have any information

[@tapazialex406]

In Uganda, we have Alur Jonam, Alur padyere & Alur Okoro. While in Congo, they've Alur nyiganda, Alur Jukoth.

[@AkaoStella-y4f]

Am proud to be aluo of Uganda

[@wildflower7925]

The luos originally came from ancient Egypt, the border between sudan and Egypt are colonizer made-up, nice people, kind and hardworking, also very proud Africans. Thank you 😊

[@KPtravels001]

But where was the original land border of the Ancient Egypt? Did it overstretch to the modern-day South Sudan?

[@wildflower7925]

@KPtravels001 it was all of Sudan and all of east Africa, people need to realise the borders in Africa are completely fiction, and we should stop letting it define our history and identity.

[@dimojustin1976]

Yes brother, your explanations is not that bad, but only a slightly correction on one things, the Luo of BAHR EL GHAZAL Region are call Luo Jopa Dimo, Luwo, Luo, Joluo of Bar El Ghazal region in south sudan. But not Jurchol. we seriously condemned that name in south sudan. And in BAHR EL GHAZAL Region, the Luo occupied large towns which includes Wau, Aweil, Raja, Mapel(Alur), Kuajieno, Udici, Kangi,Mbili, Atido, Aroyo, Roc roc dong and many more areas in the region.

[@KPtravels001]

I'm sorry that I used the word "jurchol". I didn't know that it's derogatory. I only learned later. From now going forward, I'll use appropriate names.

[@FredNdaga]

I met a fellow Luo from Sudan recently.

[@KPtravels001]

What luo ethnic group was s/he?

[@KPtravels001]

And did you mean Sudan or South Sudan?

[@FredNdaga]

@@KPtravels001 Sudan, the one whose capital is Khartoum 😊😊

[@KPtravels001]

​@@FredNdagagreat. Do you have any contact that could help me reach him/her?

[@FredNdaga]

@@KPtravels001 I know where he works, so on my next trip I'll try and get the contacts.

[@BALASTE]

💯💯

[@KPtravels001]

Thank you brother. Kindly subscribe and share my videos with your friends and family. I need more luos on board

[@octhetwin7500]

I'm an anywaa the of Gambella Ethiopia🇪🇹

[@KPtravels001]

Well noted. My experience with the Anywaa in Gambella was amazing

[@kevinomondi9358]

It is widely believed that Lango are not part of the larger Luo family.Yes, they speak our language but are genetically closer to the Itesot, Kalenjin, Turkana e.t.c mostly known as Ateker / Nilo-hamites

[@KPtravels001]

You're right. If you watch my new video, you'll see that I listed Lango as an assimilated group

[@PapBob-jg7rd]

@@KPtravels001 The Luo in their southward movement conquered , assimilated and intermarried with several groups . The Lango were among the groups that provided the Luo one of the toughest resistance in their Southward movement . The Luo prevailed and assimilated ,the Lango first linguistically, then in other areas as the Lango intermarried and adopted governance structures similar to Luo like having a Rwot or chiefdoms . Like Rwot Olet Apar . Okot P'Bitek a Uganda Luo-Acholi Poet ,Lawyer and Social Anthropologist wrote extensively on the intermarriage between the Luo-Acholi and Luo-Lango in his dissertations at Oxford University London in the 1960s . The Luo assimilated different groups including the Bantu Suba who migrated from present day Uganda to present day Kenya,Tanzania and were assimilated by Kenya Luo(Obama,Lupita Nyongo group)hence the Luo-Suba . The Luo Jo-bito clan replaced the Bachwezi dynasty of Bunyoro Kitara setting the stage for one of the most successful dynasties in present day Uganda the Luo-Babito . The Luo had skilled warriors like Owiny and Adhola who steered their settlements in Kenya and Tanzania . Kenya, Tanzania Luo are amalgamation of the groups from Uganda including Luo-Acholi, Luo-Padhola ,Luo-Langi, Luo-Alur etc and Kenya, Tanzania Bantu traces like Abaluhya,Abakuria,Abagusii and Abasuba(assimilated to Luo-Suba) . Historically Lango were a collection of ethno groups(Ateker) linked to Turkana ,Iteso, Toposa, Karamajong and etc but by the 15th century became subject to Luo influence and assimilation including intermarriage as revealed by present day DNA . The complexity of interactions between different Luo groups and Lango including Language and intermarriage forced historians and Anthropologists to refer to the group as Luo-Lango or Luo-Langi . Some historians and anthropologists still prefer distinguishing the groups . The Luo still refer to some Nilotic groups like the Kalenjin, Karamoja as Lango . Uganda president Milton Obote and Kenya VP Oginga Odinga were close friends during their days at Makerere and participated in forums to unite Luo peoples of Northeast ,North, Central and Africa (at least 20 million ) . Historically Lango were distinct but present DNA reveal that Lango, depending on family tree, have variations of Nilotic Luo DNA and Nilo-Hamitic Ateker . Some Lango therefore see themselves as distinct others see themselves as Luo . Historians and Anthropologists settle for Luo-Langi as a result of more than 500 years of interactions . Luo-Suba have same issue . Some see themselves as Luo , others as Suba , historians and anthropologists as Luo-Suba . The Luo also influenced and provided Baganda, Banyoro and Batoro rulership in the past .

[@Mrpwocber]

@@PapBob-jg7rd We will not accept any of that. You are not in the middle. Either you are a Luo/Lwo or you are a Lango. This so called middle ground cost lots of lives, we have suffered everywhere because our enemies came in sheep's skin that they are Luo/Lwo this and that yet inside they are wolves. Why should we trust you for?

[@PapBob-jg7rd]

@@Mrpwocber Reality is reality . Obama mixed Black Luo-White America . DNA is DNA . The sky will always be blue whether you accept or not .

[@PapBob-jg7rd]

@@Mrpwocber KP is currently in Tanganyika speaking to some Luo who have been assimilated from Bantu into Luo . Feel free to reach out to him .

[@lwanyowadawang7078]

In Sudan: Funj community originally is Shilluk. Therefore, they are Luo. You can look it up under the title of Funj Origin. It's in the Sudanese textbook.

[@KPtravels001]

Are Funj and Shilluk separate groups?

[@kr3539]

False, the Shilluk displaced the Funj to form the current Shilluk Kingdom.

[@okunyujulu8463]

No they're not Shuluk and they're not Luo.

[@KPtravels001]

@@okunyujulu8463 you're right. I too believe that the Shilluk displaced the Funj and formed the Shilluk kingdom.

[@okunyujulu8463]

@@KPtravels001 yes Shuluk displaced in order to extend their kingdom. And according to the historical records, Funj were pushed back all the way to northern Gezira into Kordofan and southward Fazughali and intermarried with some Nubians and some Fulani.

[@odongkarapeter3626]

Kom lok “omera” yin iriek! Medde anyim 👍🏾

[@KPtravels001]

Erokamano/apwoyo/una puua omera🙏

[@MegaLovelyLoves]

And where are the Mabaan? You left them out. They are one of Luos of South Sudan 🇸🇸 they are closet to Jumjum and Shilluk

[@KPtravels001]

Ooh I didn't know about them. I keep learning about new groups everyday 😊

[@babyboasty6033]

Are u sure? I looked up their language and it does not sound nilotic at all.

[@babyboasty6033]

These people are not even nilotes….. I looked up how they say body parts and counting…. Nothing match with luo. Please stop spreading wrong infromation

[@nyambokkennedy7549]

I'm not sure about this but the Kano clan in Kenya believes it originated from Kano in the Togo empire (currently in Nigeria). Has anyone heard of this?

[@KPtravels001]

Well, I doubt this but I won't write you off. Let's see what other people think

[@Euniceooko-xd9hl]

@@KPtravels001 please there is also a clan called loo in wolof ethnic group of senegal . hope you will do research on them too.

[@robertodundo2269]

Migration of Kenyan Luo happened before Luo Language had not disintegrated into many local dialects exist in Uganda, Congo, Ethiopia, and Southern Sudan. That's why it's relatively homogeneous.

[@odochokee9856]

This is debatable. Migration was in waves. Homogeneity did not exist even prior to bar el l gazal

[@Tmaria-wn3hc]

Thee luos come from Egypt as well we really migrated a lot if you go back in history we started migrating from Egypt

[@KPtravels001]

Yeah, could be. But so far, I haven't I don't have enough knowledge on that. Almost all historians take about Bahr El ghazal

[@KPtravels001]

Btw, don't forget to subscribe and share my videos with your friends and family. The more luos the better

[@JanePow-we4en]

No, you come from Sudan.

[@Mrpwocber]

@@JanePow-we4en That was after another migration from Egypt due to Arab wars.

[@ogwangEmmanuel-wt2bh]

That was a mistake we're not karamoja but we're luo speaking group located in karamoja region

[@KPtravels001]

Sorry, what's the name of the group?

[@Mrpwocber]

Labongo is not the ancestor of Lango nor Kumam. Is there a way you could correct this, please? Once history gets recorded wrongly the kids learn wrong things. Padola were groups that got left behind from the Luo groups during the migration to present day Kenya Tanzania, they were migrating together with the Jo pa Amolo, Jo pa Owiny and Jo pa Jok.

[@KPtravels001]

Thanks for pointing this out. I already made this explanation in a video entitled "Luo Assimilation". I explained that Kumam and Lango were assimilated into luo from the Ateker group

[@Omar_Brainer_lyrics]

Where does that leave the langi in particular, because the Ateker cluster nolonger exists as it used to. My question still remains that why is it that the langi speak a dialect that is purely luo . If there was an assimilation, I think it started way back before we -langi settled near the Acholi

[@Mrpwocber]

@@Omar_Brainer_lyrics It is not purely Luo/Lwo, no. There are so many words which are original Ateker. They are Langi as a distinct ethnic group and Luo is another distinct ethnic group. You cannot be a two different ethnic groups in one.

[@Omar_Brainer_lyrics]

@@Mrpwocber thanks for your reply. Have you heard of the "lango problem" before. Let me give you some homework. Well, we all know that the luo went and set up a dynasty in Bunyoro Kitara. What happened? The luo got bantunized, nothing like assimilation happened. Think of the lango and why they speak leb luo using the Bunyoro example. The same think is believed to have happened and mind You, all the luo groups speak similar languages but not one luo language. Secondly, compare leb lango to the other luo languages and also also the other Ateker languages . And you shall get an answer. Use reality other than history . Thank you . Ero kamano . An abedo lango me Uganda.

[@Omar_Brainer_lyrics]

Besides all the differences what matters alot is the tribe itself.

[@tobiasarudo7315]

I have been following your journey as you trail historical origin, migration and settlement of Luo nation across Africa and got educated in a good number of areas previously unknown to me. However, it is notable that as you cited that there are Luo communities in Chad and Central Africa, there is additional allegations that Luo DNA is found also in Cameroon, Nigeria and in lower population towards Ghana. These Luo communities lost their language and culture due to Islamisation and other political and military dominance of Hausa and Fulani. Two factors have been alluded to one is that in Cameroon there is a small community within central Cameroon that keeps aluru - (quail birds) that is called by the same name in most of the Luo nations and lends it's name to the Aluru groups of DRC/West Uganda. The most argued case to support Luo in Nigeria emanate from cultural and naming of the Igbo of Nigeria that is well illustrated in numerous novels by Elechi Amadi, China Achebe among others. In fact Amadi is also a common Luo name.

[@babyboasty6033]

Nonsens you sound like a confused bantu. We are not connected to west or central africa. Maybe u are suba?

[@Mrpwocber]

@@babyboasty6033 Be careful how you come out against people online. Do you know that many people thought Luo were in Keny only? Now they know Luo are in Congo, Sudan/South Sudan, Ethiopia etc. People migrated, you cannot control where people travel to, can you?

[@Chilbuli_Baby]

Hello, i think the ethnic groupe of the Baganwa in Burundi are Luos or of south sudanese origin, they married tutsi women a lot. But a lot of them still look like south sudanese, very tall and very very dark. They used to rule burundi, some of them think that it was an extension of the ancient cush empire.

[@winniewinnie6067]

So are Dinka and nuer not luo's?

[@KPtravels001]

No, they aren't.

[@mosaidi2633]

Luo tribe settled at Mara region in Tanzania 🇹🇿 🇹🇿🇹🇿

[@KPtravels001]

And assimilated the suba tribe into luo

[@Omar_Brainer_lyrics]

Well i appreciate your works. But for the langi -my tribe speak a dialect related so much to leb-luo than any other tribe that are believed to have assimilated. My Query is that- if the langi really intermarried with the luo groups they came in to contact with, why is it that we the langi have different clans from the Acholi for instance? But we share names, not all names though. I think we the Langi were speaking a dialect similar to leb luo even before settling in Uganda because we are literally luo in everything. History is becoming sweet 😅😅😅

[@lawrenceomondi77]

Erokamano kuom twak malon'go kendo maler. Apwoyo tiji Onagi!!

[@KPtravels001]

Machiegni jayadha. Kindly subscribe and share my videos with your friends and family. It's motivating to see the number grow

[@sabir6407]

Good job bro Lou from South Sudan 🇸🇸🇸🇸🇸🇸🇸🇸

[@KPtravels001]

Thank you so much brother. A step to the right direction

[@richardgaya3965]

Interesting to note that the Shilluks' military defeat of the British is a historical fact that has generally been deliberately erased from historical memory yet it's significance is that it is possibly the most significant event which underwrote British rule in the Sudan ....thus rather than being in the form of direct control from London it took the form of an Anglo-Egytian administered territory... Without a shadow of doubt we can accord the Luo Speaking Diaspora as having had a significant impact on the political developments in the Eastern Africa Regions!!!

[@KPtravels001]

Oooh really? I personally need to read deeper then because I've never heard of this part of history.

[@gamabadia7318]

A point of correction, that is not the map of the Luo nation, but the map of nations where Luos are. Secondly, they lived in Bar El Ghazal for sometime, but that is not their origin. They migrated from Egypt

[@kwaroklips4lyfe]

🔥🔥👌

[@KPtravels001]

Thank you

[@apollo6154]

The Lango and Kumam only assimilated to Luo. They were originally of the Ateker group. Their clan system is the same with that of the ateker group of Teso, Uganda. True, now they are more Luo than the ateker group.

[@asili2tv767]

On keen observation, i have my theory about Luo migration, i doubt very much if the Arab invasion as a factor of Luo migration, if you follow the luo history very well, Luos have never been defeated in any war and moved an inch outside their claimed land(Never been assimilated, we assimilate everyone we conquer). My next theory is that Luos migration has to do with their culture and mainly polygamy, that combined with their pride, mean that everytime thir is family disagreement in polygamous setup, one group has been forced to move because Luo pride don't let them compromise. Now if you include the luo extended families in those setups it becomes more complicated, a woman might bring her sisters children to a home they don't belong to, when the kids grow up they will have to move and find their own piece of land, thats my theory of luo immigration, pure disagreement and other Luo culture complications in family setups. kwero etc. i finish with a very important question, Who did the luos who moved marry?, our culture does not allow us to marry near relatives and we are the most liberal when it comes to marrying outside the luo race and luo father owns the rights, are migrated luos pure????, our pride is our downfall and King at the same time

[@KPtravels001]

Well, you've raised issues that are too heavy to answer on one go. I'm back to the drawing board. I'll be happy to see the opinion of the people who may have deeper understanding on these

[@singmasofty]

Tanzania we have luo of kiseru..

[@KPtravels001]

Yeah, I already covered the luo of Tanzania.

[@ojayowar1229]

Ina pwøc history mano adïëri. Erokamano/Ina pwøc

[@KPtravels001]

Erokamano omera 😊

[@robertajuang6177]

Where are our luo scholars to publish our luo dictionary and history

[@KPtravels001]

Robert, you could be the jehova we've been waiting for.

[@Hungrydonkey9345]

Who was the first son of King Olum ?

[@KPtravels001]

Labongo (sometimes referred to as Nyabongo)

[@ngongahbilly9434]

You have missed out the assimilated Luo, some of whom reside in Uganda and Kenya, assuming the identification of Bantu, though their elders use the Luo language to discuss sensitive issues. Since you have said you are a researcher, I leave you to extend your research in that direction too.

[@KPtravels001]

Thank you for pointing that out. Could you kindly mention one assimilated luo group that I missed?

[@ngongahbilly9434]

@@KPtravels001 Start with the Banyore, I'll not go beyond that.

[@ngongahbilly9434]

@@KPtravels001 I've changed my mind. Find out the link between these four ethnicities: Luo, Banyore, Banyole, and Banyoro.