Who are the Luo? Oral tradition and disciplinary practices in anthropology and history

Campbell, John R.

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“…The Luo people of Siaya district belong to the same ethnic group as the Acholi in the present study area in northern Uganda. Both the Acholi and Siaya share many common attributes such as ancestry, culture and language (Campbell, 2006) The Acholi sub-region experienced armed conflict for nearly two decades from around 1985 to 2005 (Durick 2013) between the Lord's resistance army and the Uganda peoples' defense forces. This conflict changed the traditional way of life in several ways including increased consumption of westernstyle relief foods, overexploitation of natural resources leading to their decline.…”

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Wild and semi-wild edible plants used by the communities of Acholi sub-region, Northern Uganda

Nyero¹,

Achaye²,

Odongo³

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Background: In the Acholi sub-region, consumption of wild edible plants is still an integral part of the food culture, particularly during times of food shortage. However, much of indigenous traditional knowledge has not been documented due to the history of prolonged civil war in the area. We conducted an ethnobotanical survey to document the wild plants utilized by the Acholi communities in northern Uganda. Methods: Data was collected using semi-structured questionnaires administered to 1,353 respondents between November 2017 and February 2018 and 65 focus group discussions. Results: Seventy-three edible plants from 39 families were identified to species level while three species were unidentified. Vitex doniana (0.72), Aframomum alboviolaceum. (0.70), Saba comorensis (0.45), Hibiscus surattensis (0.42), and Borassus aethiopum (0.39) had the highest relative frequencies of citation. Fabaceae (7) and Euphorbiaceae (5) had the highest number of plant species. Most of the edible plants were herbs (34%) and trees (31%). Fruits were the major parts consumed (57%), followed by leaves (37%). Only 34% of species were cooked before eating, while 60% were eaten raw. Sixty-seven percent of the species were harvested during the rainy season and 22% in the dry season. Conclusion: There is a rich diversity of wild edible plants in the Acholi sub-region. Conservation and domestication of these plants will provide a buffer crop and enhance the food security of the locals in the face of recurrent droughts and climate change.

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Wild and semi-wild edible plants used by the communities of Acholi sub-region, Northern Uganda

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Odongo³

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“…5. Gupta andFerguson 1997, 3;Sigona et al 2015, xix. Stories of 'the past in the present' (Allen 1988, 48;Jackson 1998, 2) have historically been employed as a methodology for understanding Luo and Acholi origins (Crazzolara 1950;Ogot 1967;Onyango-Ku-Odongo and Webster 1976;Atkinson 1994), which has been critiqued as speculative and 'futile' (Allen 2019;Allen 1991a;Campbell 2006;p'Bitek 1971) for obscuring the instability of the past and for failing to recognise that 'oral traditions are concerned … with the foundation and maintenance of existing institutions' (p 'Bitek 1970, 3), and '[l] egends whose proper function was to make the world intelligible have been read for history, the events related taken as if they actually took place' (p 'Bitek 1970, 11). As well as Acholi qualities 'emerging out of dialogue' with colonial administrators and missionaries, as highlighted in the earlier work of anthropologists Girling (Girling 2019(Girling [1960, 200) and p 'Bitek (1970), English-language scholarship has also recursively informed oral histories themselves.…”

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Ageing with Smartphones in Uganda: Togetherness in the dotcom age

Hawkins

2023

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List of figures x 4.3 Group members enjoying the Sunday party. The week's beneficiary and two honorary members are in the foreground of the photo, where they face the other women dancing throughout the evening. Photo by Charlotte Hawkins. 4.4 A member taking photographs of the mugoole and her honorary members. Photo by Charlotte Hawkins. 4.5 A still from the film 'Who should enrich you?' https://bit.ly/3NWU1dn. 4.6 Women in an exercise class at Place of Peace. Photo by Charlotte Hawkins. 4.7 An English lesson at Place of Peace. Photo by Charlotte Hawkins. 5.1 Making a phone call. Photo by Charlotte Hawkins. 5.2 Nakito with her son and grandson in their salon. Photo by Charlotte Hawkins. 5.3 A research participant helping his daughter with her homework, using the torch on his mobile phone.

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The Transformative Power of Language

2020

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Who are the Luo? Oral tradition and disciplinary practices in anthropology and history

Cited by 26 publications

References 15 publications

Wild and semi-wild edible plants used by the communities of Acholi sub-region, Northern Uganda

Wild and semi-wild edible plants used by the communities of Acholi sub-region, Northern Uganda

Ageing with Smartphones in Uganda: Togetherness in the dotcom age

The Transformative Power of Language

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