# Girango people

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Ethnic group

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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 Person Jaluo (m)/Nyaluo (f) People Joluo Language Dholuo Country Pinj Luo/Lolwe

The **Girango people** (also known as **JoSuba** or **Joka-Kombe**) is a group of [Luo people](/source/Luo_people) who fall in the group known as [Joka Jok](/source/Acholi_people). They include the [Suna](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Suna_people&action=edit&redlink=1)/[Suba](/source/Suba_people_(Kenya)), [Wategi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wategi&action=edit&redlink=1)/Kamagambo-Kanying'ombe, [Wagire](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wagire&action=edit&redlink=1), [JoKasgunga](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=JoKasgunga&action=edit&redlink=1), [JoSidho](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=JoSidho&action=edit&redlink=1), [JoKabar](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=JoKabar&action=edit&redlink=1), [JoMur](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=JoMur&action=edit&redlink=1), [JoKiseru](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=JoKiseru&action=edit&redlink=1) etc. They migrated to [Kenya](/source/Kenya) from northern [Uganda](/source/Uganda), and are believed to be the brothers of the Simbiti. However, the Simbiti were absorbed into [Kuria](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kuria_(ethnic_group)&action=edit&redlink=1) 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simbiti&action=edit&redlink=1), as well as the Kuria culture followed by the Simbiti to discuss the Girango people.[1][2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Baumgardt, Ursula (2000). ["MÖHLIG Wilhelm J.G., JUNGRAITHMAYR Herrmann (Hrsg.), Lexikon der afrikanistischen Erzählforschung, Cologne, Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, 1998, 367 p."](https://doi.org/10.7202/1041937ar) *Études littéraires africaines* (10): 38. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.7202/1041937ar](https://doi.org/10.7202%2F1041937ar). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0769-4563](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0769-4563).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["History"](https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315310251-17), *The Swahili-Speaking Peoples of Zanzibar and the East African Coast (Arabs, Shirazi and Swahili)*, Routledge, pp. 50–60, 2017-02-10, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-315-31025-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-315-31025-1), retrieved 2025-08-05{{[citation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Citation)}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_work_parameter_with_ISBN))

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