Many people will tell you that the Luo are a fish-eating people. From Wordnik.com. [Dreams From My Father]
The Luo are the third largest ethnic group (13 percent) in Kenya, after the Kikuyu (20 percent) and the Luhya (17 percent). From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
When I finally said "Luo, " a sandy-haired boy behind me repeated the word in a loud hoot, like the sound of a monkey. From Wordnik.com. [Dreams From My Father]
But the New York Times never mentions the words "Luo" or "Obama" in the entire. From Wordnik.com. Reference
New York Times never mentions the words "Luo" or "Obama" in the entire 1900-word article!. From Wordnik.com. [VDARE.com: Blog Articles] Reference
Once again stumbled over the lose/loose spelling difference, Greek students would empathise no doubt - 'Luo' is just too handy. From Wordnik.com. [Planet go-oo] Reference
"If you are Luo, they chop you," he said ruefully. From Wordnik.com. [Gangs of Nairobi] Reference
We learn most are Luo and are too afraid to leave. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 29, 2008] Reference
Gabra: buratte Kamba: kikungi, kyambatwa Luo: nyabuth-muok. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Among the Luo it is grown together with akeyo (Cleome gynandra). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
He was a Luo tribesman who grew up in Kenya and studied at Harvard. From Wordnik.com. [How Obama Thinks] Reference
Uses: FOOD: The dry fruit are split and seeds roasted (Luo, Kamba). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Water obtained after boiling leaves is used to treat diarrhoea (Luo). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
(Bukusu): kumutuli-kumubukusu, chinduli-chimbukusu (fruit) Luo: olemo. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Opposition candidate Raila Odinga belongs to the third largest, the Luo. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 2, 2008] Reference
Luhya (Bukusu): litoto Luhya (Maragoli): tsimboga Luo: ododo Meru: rwoga. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Luhya (Bukusu): kumukhakasu, bukhakasu (fruit) Luo: oguambula, oguombula. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Without the protection of the Taliban, Moses said, the Luo are in danger. From Wordnik.com. [Gangs of Nairobi] Reference
One guy is a Kalenjin; the other one is a Kikuyu; the other one is a Luo. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2008] Reference
We spoke to the Luo Council of Elders, the custodians of the Luo culture. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2007] Reference
MCKENZIE: Luo tribal rites mean a distance relative must inherit a widow. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2008] Reference
Among the Luo, dek is often used as a general term for a leafy vegetable. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Normally cooked with leaves of cowpeas or spider herb Cleome gynandra (Luo). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
He says that Odinga "wants power for himself and a better shake for the Luo.". From Wordnik.com. [Kenya's Question Mark] Reference
Furthermore, more than 90 percent of my own Luo kinsmen voted for Mwai Kibaki. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Show Us The Proof] Reference
In many cases, members of the Luo and Kalenjin tribes attacked Kikuyu neighbors. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 6, 2008] Reference
MEDICINAL: Water obtained after boiling leaves is used to treat diarrhoea (Luo). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Young shoots and leaves of some cultivars (Luo: maguti) are used as a leafy vegetable. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Gynandropsis gynandra, Crotalaria brevidens and C. ochroleuca or cowpeas (Luhya, Luo). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
One of Justus's best friends, a Luo, will no longer speak to him because he's a Kikuyu. From Wordnik.com. [In the Slums of Nairobi, the Star of Africa Fades] Reference
Uses: FOOD: Leaves widely used as a vegetable in western Kenya (+++) (Luhya, Pokot, Luo). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Incredibly, the U.S. is being ruled according to the dreams of a Luo tribesman of the 1950s. From Wordnik.com. [How Obama Thinks] Reference
MEDICINAL: Root infusion used for chest pain (Makueni); vegetable a cure for constipation (Luo). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Moi, who belongs to a third tribe, made his career playing the Luo and Kikuyu against each other. From Wordnik.com. [Kenya's Question Mark] Reference
In Kenya mainly grown in Nyanza and Western Provinces, especially by the Luo and Luhya communities. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
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