The Luo of Kenya: A Visual history (music : VUC Lamo)

The Luo of Kenya also known as 'Jo'kowiny' settled around the Kavirondo gulf present day lake Victoria which is also the source of the Mighty Nile river. descendent from the larger Kingdom of Nubia, the Luo migrated south from the Sudan. Famed for their intelligence, oratory ability and sense of style. The Luo tribe, through intermarriages and wars, are part of the genetic admixture that includes all modern East African ethnic groups as well as members of the Buganda Kingdom, the Bunyoro Kingdom, the Toro Kingdom of Uganda. The Music 'Lamo' meaning prayer in dholuo, is a traditional Luo Christian praise song by Voices United Choir Africa music kenya luo dholuo swahili experience music; kenyan gospel Luo gospel benga rumba ethnic vuc lamo akinyi otieno

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[wendwa]

The least you could do is post credits for the photos. I believe you took them from Pitt Rivers museum's web page.

[SwahiliExperience]

@wendwa Credits usually come at the end of a video as they have at the end of this one. Thank you for your comments

[CushiticSomalianMale]

@LanguageLuo

Well my brother, i see your very knowledgeable when it comes to your Luo heritage.. and im proud of you for that, as a fellow abOriginal brother.. but also i know my OWN Somali-Kushite heritage, and thats Boon, and Boon a.k.a Puntland a.k.a Land of Punt(Somalia) SOMALi/PUNT.. is my Roots, and my heritage, so in a way i agree with you Luo and MY Somali tribe is related.. but not any more related than black-abOriginals are with africans, so we are all kinfolks, & Somali is PUNT only.

[CushiticSomalianMale]

@LanguageLuo

well my brother.. i must admit, you got a few points right, and i agree, but theres some things i dont agree, like my Somali ancestors are called Boon(Punt) and the ancestors of Boon=Punt is Kooshin(Kush/Cush) and the ancestor of Kooshin/Cush, is Ham(KHam) hence my tribe originated 12.000 thousand years ago in southern egypt, and northern sudan, but even before that the ancestor of Ham, originated in modernday Boonland a.k.a Somalian Puntland, where im from but still i see ur point

[Nawah22]

I posted this video couple years ago. I teach african american girls african dance, this is from the luo dance of kenya.

[ABRaingutters]

Loved the music

[Msbea345]

Luo, one of the most important branches of a group of Africans who actually began the idea of world civilization

[OmondiAluso]

What is "'Jo'kowiny". that doesn't exist. Luo are only know as "jo Luo" (wich mean man from the Luo People (plural= ja Luo)) and" joka Luo" mean "Luo People". I think you are confused with "Joka Owiny" which mean "Owiny's People". These Joka Owiny were the penultimate Luo coming in Kenya (coming from Padhola). The first one were the "Jo Ugenya" clan with Ajwang' Ramogi as leader. These "Jo Ugenya" were "Joka Jok" and coming from Busoga. If you use the "Jo" prefixe, you'r speaking about a clan.

[CushiticSomalianMale]

@CushiticSomalianMale

so like i said before and like i said to brother 'LanguageLuo', the Somali my tribe, we are originaly from ancient Kemet, and migrated back to our even MORE Ancient land called Pwenet(modernday Puntland/Land of PUNT=Somalia) so hence the ancient Black Egyptian Pharaohs of Kemet(Ancient Egypt) they where of my tribe, cushitic language Somali, and they had my DNA Bloodline ethnic -ways, and they where Kushites, while the Nubians where Nilotic-Nilotes...

[chopperdriver6969]

@chopperdriver6969 Lived amongst the Shilluk & Dinka Lost their language and continued their Migration South to The lands they Now Occupy Around Lake Vic. The First ones arrived in the 1500 last 1800 where were they before then. Genetics~Dominant Haplogroup (The Father of) Somalis / Luo = E, Dinka/Shilluk = A/B Aborigines/SE Asians = C therfore Genetic Distance is Greater to the Aboriginies than to the Luo. So Yes these are 2 Children of the Same Father.Hope this sheds some light on the Topic.

[CushiticSomalianMale]

@chopperdriver6969 part 2 of my comment..

so like i said before and like i said to brother 'LanguageLuo', the Somali my tribe, we are originaly from ancient Kemet, and migrated back to our even MORE Ancient land called Pwenet(modernday Puntland/Land of PUNT=Somalia) so hence the ancient Black Egyptian Pharaohs of Kemet(Ancient Egypt) they where of my tribe, cushitic language Somali, and they had my DNA Bloodline ethnic -ways, and they where Kushites, while the Nubians where Nilotic-Nilotes...