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Girango people

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Ethnic group
Girango/Suba
Total population
300,000 Kenya and Tanzania
Regions with significant populations
Migori in Western Kenya, Rorya in northern Tanzania
Languages
Dholuo, Swahili, and English
Religion
Christianity, African Traditional Religion, Islam
Related ethnic groups
Other Luo peoples, other Nilotic peoples
Luo
PersonJaluo (m)/Nyaluo (f)
PeopleJoluo
LanguageDholuo
CountryPinj Luo/Lolwe

The Girango people (also known as JoSuba or Joka-Kombe) is a group of Luo people who fall in the group known as Joka Jok. They include the Suna/Suba, Wategi/Kamagambo-Kanying'ombe, Wagire, JoKasgunga, JoSidho, JoKabar, JoMur, JoKiseru etc. They migrated to Kenya from northern Uganda, and are believed to be the brothers of the Simbiti. However, the Simbiti were absorbed into Kuria community, and that is why the people of Kuria have diverse origins. Some historians tend to use the Bunchari dialect of the Kuria spoken by the Simbiti, as well as the Kuria culture followed by the Simbiti to discuss the Girango people.

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