The Luwo are known to the Dinka as Jur Chol which is an exonym taken from the Dinka language (compare Jur Beli). Some Luo politicians object to the name. [3] The Luo reside in their lands Piluwo or Luwo Land in the Jur River and Wau counties of Western Bahr el Ghazal State and in Aweil Center County of Northern Bahr el Ghazal State.

In the Dinka tribe, the Luo are called the Jur-Chol. [34] The present-day Kenya Luo traditionally consist of 27 tribes, each in turn composed of various clans and sub-clans [35] ("Jo-" indicates "people of").

The Luwo (also called Jur Chol and Luo of Bahr el Ghazal) are a Nilotic ethnic group that live in the western parts of South Sudan. They are part of a larger group of ethno-linguistically related Luo peoples of East Africa. They speak the Jur language which is a Northern Luo language.

Jur Chol or JoLuo. The Jur Chol are believed to the descendants of Dimo who was Gilo and Nyikango’s brother. They remained in Bahr el Ghazal while Gilo and Nyikango were migrating to the upper Nile. Today, they are found in the Aweil, Tonja and Wau districts and their main settlements are Uariyo, Udici, Barmayen, Mapel, Wau, Thony and Alel.

The Dinka have cultural and linguistic affinity to and share much with the Nuer and Shilluk to whom they refer to in their names. The Dinka refer to other peoples as foreigners (jur) and the colour of the skin is the only distinction. ‘Jur chol’ refer to black foreigners and jur mathiang or buony refer to light skin people .

The Luwo language is spoken by the Luwo (or Jur Col), an ethnic group in South Sudan. Jur is exonym adopted from the local Dinka language whose speakers are the Luwo's northern and eastern neighbours. [3] Its original Dinka usage, non-cattle-holding non-Dinka, was not particular to …

2022年8月17日 · A Luo clan is called a Jur-Chol. The modern-day Kenya Luo community consists of 27 tribes, each composed of various clans and sub-clans. They immediately found Lake Victoria, which they called Nam Lolwe, meaning “endless lake.” When they arrived, it seemed like the water went on forever.

2023年11月2日 · They migrated to Kar Thum (Khartoum) to Wau in the Bar-el Ghazal region in South Sudan. It was here that they met a dark-skinned people who referred to them as Jur Chol (the aliens passing through the blacks).

Jo Luo, also known as Jur Chol, are an ethnic group in Sudan numbering between sixty to seventy thousand. They live in Wau, Tonj and Aweil districts. Their main settlements (towns) are Wau, Mapel, Udici, Alel, Thony, Barmayen and Umbili.…

In the Western Wau includes, Getongo, Bar-Akohl, Pa-rehan, and Kiyango. Other areas of their settlement include Yabulo in Raja County. Locals (Dinka) in Bhar el-Ghazal Region South Sudan call the Luo’s as Jur Chol; a nick name which means “black stranger”.