Agreeing to agree on genealogy
essay 1975 Blount, Ben G.

LuoAfrica > Eastern Africa
This article analyzes the structure of a Luo speech event named 'to count ancestors.' Focusing on a tape recording of a pre-arranged meeting of fifteen elders, the paper identifies major themes and rules governing the interaction of participants. The...

Luo personal names
essay 1993 Blount, Ben G.

LuoAfrica > Eastern Africa
This article discusses the semantic content of Luo personal names. It tries to achieve this goal by analyzing the meanings associated with some 200 personal names collected from in south western Kenya in 1967-1968 and again in 1970....

Luo bibliography
Book 2010 Blount, Ben G.

LuoAfrica > Eastern Africa
This document provides bibliographic information on important works on Luo culture and society, circa 1920-2000....