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Luo tribes and clans
Rhodes-Livingstone journal • (7) • Published In 1949 • Pages: 24-40
By: Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (Edward Evan).
Abstract
This article deals with the tribal and kinship structure of the Luo people, and the importance of kin relationships in political, social and economic matters. The author observes that the Luo lineage system has many features in common with the Nuer and other Nilotic groups.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Robert Lee ; 1959
- Field Date
- 1936
- Coverage Date
- 1936-1949
- Coverage Place
- Luoland, Kenya
- Notes
- by E. E. Evans-Pritchard
- All references to the clan in this and other sources on the Luo have been marked for 614 (Sib).
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 53033358
- LCSH
- Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people)