Fri. November 21, 2008
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
November 21, 2008
Will he have a soft spot for a continent that faces numerous challenges simply because his father hailed from Nyang'oma Kogelo
village in Kenya's
Luo Nyanza ...
Africa Intelligence
November 21, 2008
The report on responsibility for the ethnic clashes at the beginning of the year has split the ODM leadership. William Ruto and
Raila Odinga are now looking ...
AllAfrica.com
November 21, 2008
Speaking at the Nyanza Province agricultural consultative meeting at Tom Mboya Labour College yesterday, the minister accused Luo MPs of sitting on the ...
The South Florida Times
November 21, 2008
The bitter joke going around was that a
Luo, or member of the second-largest ethnic group in
Kenya (and the group from which President-elect
Barack Obama is ...
AllAfrica.com
November 20, 2008
But think of this: How come it was far easier for a
Luo (an ethnic minority in
Kenya) like Obama to pass through the eye of the needle to occupy the most ...
VUE Weekly
November 20, 2008
His
Luo people have strong links with [nationalities] based in
Somalia and
Sudan and especially
Uganda ... but there weren't too many outside players ...
AllAfrica.com
November 19, 2008
Barack's father is of the
Luo tribe a minority
tribe in Kenya. And just last year a man from that tribe Odinga clearly won a presidential election but ...
Black Star News
November 19, 2008
In Luo, a heritage I share with Obama, there is a saying that goes "Angee tyene lit," meaning, "I wish I knew earlier, I would have not done it. ...
eTaiwan News
November 18, 2008
Even in
Barack Obama, whose father was of the
Luo tribe, that warmth and charisma come across in his million-watt smile. If you watched the Kenyans ...
Neftegaz.RU
November 17, 2008
... who is from same
Luo tribe as Obama's father and who played some club
soccer himself, albeit far from Serie A, as a midfielder for
Luo Union in
Kenya. ...
Catholic Online
November 17, 2008
Even in
Barack Obama, whose father was of the
Luo tribe, that warmth and charisma come across in his million-watt smile. If you watched the Kenyans ...
Chicago Sun-Times
November 16, 2008
President-elect
Barack Obama's
extended family members rejoiced, dancing around their homestead and chanting in the
Luo tongue: "Our son / has won! ...
Beaufort Gazette
November 16, 2008
By DENNIS ADAMS
Barack Obama has specific family ties with the
Luo tribe, whose members in 1994, said Ethnologue.com, numbered 3185000 in
Kenya and 280000 ...
The Punch
November 15, 2008
In
Kenya, would the
Kikuyu reject one of theirs and vote for a
Luo and vice versa? Would the
Kalenjin? In fact, it is a great irony that while Obama staked ...
Panthic Weekly
November 15, 2008
... to Barack Hussein Obama Sr., a member of the
Luo tribe, from Nyang'oma Kogelo,
Nyanza province, Kenya, and Ann Dunham, a white American from Wichita, ...
Sunday Vision
November 15, 2008
Obama is an
African-American, his father having come from
Kenya in Africa. The
Luo ethnic group to which Obama belongs is also well-known. ...
AllAfrica.com
November 14, 2008
Is it because he shares part of my Luo and Kenyan heritage? I think it is because the Obama presidency represents a very significant democratic breakthrough ...
The South Florida Times
November 14, 2008
Our president-elect's father was of
Kenya's
Luo tribe, born right at the grand Lake Victoria in Alego. He made his way to the University of
Hawaii on ...
Moneyweb
November 14, 2008
In
Kenya, where
Barack Obama's father and
grandfather were born into the minority
Luo ethnic group, there is a joke doing the rounds: it is said that a
Luo ...
Daily Nation
November 13, 2008
These elites have amassed the wealth they use to
finance perpetuation of the myth of ethnic solidarity during elections. The
Luo, through the Odinga family, ...
Tri State Defender
November 13, 2008
The blend of African Safari and
Luo ethnic group culture is pitched as a perfect journey for couples, families and 'common interest' groups such as museums, ...
Daily Nation
November 12, 2008
Even if we rejected the linkages to the
Luo, we would still fall back on biblical Barak since both the Arabs and the
Jews acknowledge the Old Testament. ...
AllAfrica.com
November 12, 2008
The highest number of deaths by
Ethnicity are recorded as
Luo (278); Gikuyu (268);
Kalenjin (158) and Luhya (163). Individual and gang rapes, ...
Monsters and Critics.com
November 11, 2008
In the dialect spoken by the Luo tribe, it means: 'he who is bent or broken.' For people on the political fringes, Obama's unusual name has fueled an ...
Independent Online
November 11, 2008
Obama has a very specific sense of his roots; his father was born in
Kenya and was moreover a minority
Luo and Obama has visited his
grandmother who still ...
Malta Independent Online
November 11, 2008
WTHR
November 10, 2008
Daily Monitor
November 10, 2008
Meanwhile, the effort to re-invent Obama as a
Luo from
Kenya may serve the psychological needs of
Africans eager to claim a link to the most powerful office ...
The Herald
November 9, 2008
In
Kenya there are two dominant tribes. The
Kikuyu, the farmers from the mountains, are the dominant tribe. Obama's
Luo people are the fishers who originate ...
Black Star News
November 9, 2008
Much of the de scri ptions made of the
Luo are stereotypes like those applied to any other ethnic group, but unlike other
ethnic groups in the region, ...
Standard
November 9, 2008
"The travellers will then drive to the shore of Lake Victoria, visit the
Kisumu Museum and the city and meet
Luo ethnic groups to learn first hand, ...
The Times
November 8, 2008
Obama has been to
Kenya on several occasions and has undergone rituals of his African tribe, the
Luo. But his outlook remains American. ...
Vanguard
November 8, 2008
It was in that period in 1960 at the University of
Hawaii, Honolulu that Obama's father, a
Luo from
Kenya, met his mother, Ann Dunham, ...
Across the Aisle
November 8, 2008
Interestingly, Kenyans are now faced with the realization that Obama, whose father comes from the minority
Luo group was able to win
the US presidency ...
Daily Nation
November 8, 2008
When I asked why, I was told that we were not Luo and we did not eat crawling things. And this is how I knew my friend was Luo and that my neighbour was ...
Chicago Tribune
November 8, 2008
In
Kenya, by contrast, Obama's father's minority
Luo tribe celebrated, but with a bitter knowledge that it is easier for a
Luo to be elected president in ...
Daily Nation
November 8, 2008
(In my tribe, as in all patrilineal tribes, sons inherit wealth from their father's lineage. It doesn't really matter whether their mum is Queen Beatrix of ...
Anyuak Media
November 7, 2008
thisisgloucestershire.co.uk
November 7, 2008
He said: "Mr Obama's family is from the
Luo tribe who are the main group in
Kisumu and around. If a man's name begins with O, then they're most probably
Luo ...
Daily Monitor
November 7, 2008
But by October 2007, I was able to pose a question to the Standard newspaper in
Kenya: 'Which country will be the first to have a
Luo President: Kenya or ...
