Girango people

{{short description|Ethnic group}} {{Other uses|Luo peoples}} {{original research|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox ethnic group |group = Girango/Suba |population = 300,000 [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]] |popplace = [[Migori]] in Western [[Kenya]], [[Rorya]] in northern [[Tanzania]] |rels = [[Christianity]], [[African Traditional Religion]], [[Islam]] |langs = [[Luo dialect|Dholuo]], [[Swahili language|Swahili]], and [[English language|English]] |related = Other [[Luo peoples]], other [[Nilotic peoples]] }} {{Infobox NC name|Jaluo (m)/Nyaluo (f)|Joluo|Dholuo|Pinj Luo/Lolwe|Luo}}

The '''Girango people''' (also known as '''JoSuba''' or '''Joka-Kombe''') is a group of [[Luo people]] who fall in the group known as [[Acholi people|Joka Jok]]. They include the [[Suna people|Suna]]/[[Suba people (Kenya)|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 (ethnic group)|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.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Baumgardt |first=Ursula |date=2000 |title=MÖHLIG Wilhelm J.G., JUNGRAITHMAYR Herrmann (Hrsg.), Lexikon der afrikanistischen Erzählforschung, Cologne, Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, 1998, 367 p. |url=https://doi.org/10.7202/1041937ar |journal=Études littéraires africaines |issue=10 |pages=38 |doi=10.7202/1041937ar |issn=0769-4563}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=History |date=2017-02-10 |work=The Swahili-Speaking Peoples of Zanzibar and the East African Coast (Arabs, Shirazi and Swahili) |pages=50–60 |url=https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315310251-17 |access-date=2025-08-05 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-315-31025-1}}</ref>

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