In Luo culture, the widow or widower must wait until after the burial when he or she is ‘set free’ to marry or be married. According to 95-year-old Mzee Samwel Okech from Homa Bay, ...

The province of Nyanza, the heartland of Luo culture, is desperately poor and has the highest incidence of AIDS in Kenya. Some like Adoyo accept that they cannot pay, but most people with even a ...

Luo customs, academia, and church to feature in Prof Bethwell Ogot’s final journey. Story by Rushdie Oudia, Kassim Adinasi • ...

She has medical and religious reasons for opposing the Luo traditions of her husband. Some widows have been infected with the AIDS virus by their brothers-in-law.

In Luo culture, the widow or widower must wait until after the burial when he or she is ‘set free’ to marry or be married. According to 95-year-old Mzee Samwel Okech from Homa Bay, ...