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Jo-Kanyamwa
Jo-Kanyamwa
LuoPatrilineal lineageHoma Bay County
How they identify
Man (singular)Jo-Kanyamwa
Totem & taboos
  • Cannot marry within the same anyuola (clan)
  • Marrying within your father's clan is forbidden (clan exogamy)
Geographic area
Homa Bay County
Sub-clans

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Sources
  • Ogot, Bethwell A. History of the Southern Luo (1967)
Parent ethnic group
Luo
Jo-Luo
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Sub-group
Joka-Omolo
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At a glance
Clan nameJo-Kanyamwa
EndonymJo-Kanyamwa
Ethnic groupLuo
LineagePatrilineal
Taboos2 documented
Sub-clans0 documented
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