The Luo (also called Jaluo and Joluo) are an ethnic group in
Kenya, eastern
Uganda and northern
Tanzania. They were formerly also known by the now obsolete classification,
Nilotic Kavirondo.The Luo are the Third largest ethnic group (12%) in
Kenya, after the
Luhya (17%) and
Kikuyu (20%), the latter with whom they shared major political power in the first years of Kenyan independence (1963). In 1994 the Luo population in Kenya was estimated to be 3,185,000
[1]. In Tanzania they number (as of 2001) an estimated 280,000
[2]. Luos Majorly indulge in
Fishing but due to the small parcels of Land they have after being pushed to the dry seaside by other aggressive people Like
Kalenjin and
Luhya. Outside
Luoland, the Luo are now found throughout eastern Africa as tenant fishermen, small scale agricultural laborers, and urban workers. They speak the
Dholuo language, which belongs to the
Western Nilotic branch of the
Nilo-Saharan language family spoken by other
Lwo-speaking (
Western Nilotic) peoples such as the
Lango,
Acholi,
Padhola and
Alur (all of
Uganda).
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