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    The document provides a summary of the royal lineage of the Lwo people from 850 AD to present day, tracing their movement from Egypt to southern Sudan and northern Uganda. It notes that the Lwo kingdom disintegrated around 1390 AD after internal conflicts, but that the Alur Kingdom in Uganda can trace its lineage directly back to the original Lwo royal spearhead. The document aims to clarify inaccuracies in other accounts of Lwo history and asserts that oral histories kept by cultural leaders should be considered most accurate.

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    LWO not LUO!

    ROYAL LINEAGE OF THE LWO 850-TO-DATE


    Posted by African Press International on June 26, 2011
    By Rt. Hon. Prince Wathum Edwin Djalkwiyu (Alur Kingdom)
    Allow me send my greetings to all of you great Lwo people out there. I am a Lwo Atyak-’Alur’ (a nick-
    name rarely associated with) by tribe , a Lecturer in Cultural Studies at
    Kyambogo University- Uganda & a Prime Minister of Alur Kingdom (by birth), which King
    Nyipir founded in 1390 A.D; King Nyipir a brother to Prince Nyabongo(Labongo)who was his prime
    minister then and the later a founder of Ker Kwaro Acholi of Uganda today. Iam also an addicted
    reader of the Lwo history and above all maintainer of the Lwo culture which is my role in the
    Kingdom. Alur Kingdom is one of the sixth constitutionally recognized Kingdoms in Uganda: Alur,
    Buganda, Bunyoro, Busoga, Tooro & Rwenzoruru. The Chiefdoms are:Acholi, Lango, Buruli, Teso,
    Adhola and Kooki.
    However, so many authors have been advancing their theories about the Lwo people in general and
    majority of them even would bet their precious heads that theirs are Gospel truth of the great
    Lwo Atyak people. Indeed there are some notable scholars from the West and our own indigenous
    bright fellows who have done researches on the Lwo people and may be right somewhere and
    wrong too. You don’t write a history by setelite but through contact with the community with whom
    there is sharing of a common goal. You can’t complete history of the Lwo with ease since it is a
    complete nexus. When I read all of them, I get perturbed about the erroneous distortion of historical
    facts especially by overzealous writers. who should be believed?
    All African histories starts first from grounded oral narratives and then transcends to write ups. So
    who is mandated to tell truth about the Lwo and their historiography? In my wisdom it is the keepers
    of the Lwo culture:- the Kings, Chiefs, elders and researchers not the post Obama’s election
    Lwo maniacs who iconise that this great leader is a Lwo and surmise history of his people starts with
    him. Imagine how many distorted histories of Lwo has been flooded in the social domain. Hope mine
    is not!! I like the popularization of the Lwo but should be factual. The cultural leaders are the ones so
    powerful in transmitting traditional facts through oral history and sometimes textual sourses and not
    piecing up materials from internet albeit remote from the authentic Lwo people embeded deep in
    villages thinking that we shall be convinced.
    Every community all over the world have leaders or rulers and their coming or ceasing to exist is
    very important here. One should ask a question ,why is it that some Lwo ethnic groups have no
    Kings or Paramount chiefs but clan heads? The answer is that there was a curse by King
    Ulwo Atyak meant to live with us about anybody grabbing or starting a parallel kingdom and
    secondly that there is a prevailing respect for the ancestral royal spear head wherever it could be.
    The Lwo are very good at ancestor worship up to today and fear spirits of the living dead most.The
    elders know about the curse through oral history and make sure there don’t do the contrary as
    rulership is concerned. There are reasons for that..and having a ruler or not having is only a content
    in our oral history that can tell why.
    In a nut shell, the Lwo political structure is guided by what we call the ROYAL SPEAR HEAD which
    is handed down to the right heir of the throne & that is why there is always one holder of the royal
    spearhead. The leadership structure should be as follows: King (Ubumu), Paramount Chief/chief
    elder of elders (rwoth ma dit), Chief (wroth),clan head (jagoo)and family head.
    Only the Choope (Palwo) of northern Uganda have been proved without doubt for being naturally
    gifted in orating the Lwo royal genelogy without distortion because traditionally that was their role.
    They are the followers of prince Nyangan of the Lwo Atyak before a major separation at
    Karuma- Uganda which yielded the Kenyan Lwo.
    So all is said about Bahrelghazal too but in reality, where did the Lwo settle before Arab invasion of
    Europe and northern Africa? Proven, the first area of settlement was in Aswan under King Ngur I
    who started the Nuer Kingdom (Rev. Fr. Crazzolara Paskwale- 1950). His book ‘The Lwo Tradition’
    is a must read. Another book to read is by Aiden 1956 on Alur Society. All these writers are
    renowned anthropologists.
    Actually before King Ngur I established himself in Aswan area, oral history has it that the Nuer who
    yielded the Lwo came from Aran, a place in the Middle, East majorly under King Kwac. The Arabs
    invaded the Nuer under king Rubanga in around 970 AD and converted many north Africans to
    Islam. It was King Rubanga, a Nuer then who moved with his people to Wau, Barhelgazal southern
    Sudan. His son Ulwo Atyak who inherited the throne in about 1010 AD occupied the entire region.
    This is where most writers starts their theories because retrospective histories become flimsy.
    In the Lwo royal history, there were two powerful queens; Angom (890-930 AD) and Nyilak 1365-
    390.
    It is also a hidden fact that most Lwo ethnic stock know that their ROYAL SPEAR HEAD is in
    Uganda and obviously in Alur Kingdom. How it changed course to them is so dubious.It was actually
    to be for prince Rukidi who ran to Bunyoro in fear of his murderous step-brother Kyabambi who
    became king of the Lwo Atyak by force.
    The name Lwo/Luo came from King Uluo Atyak who had many descendants almost allover southern
    Sudan. When they were again attacked by the Arabs, moved south-eastward to Gondokoro under
    leadership of King Utike. (The name Okoro from Gondokoro and Atyak from king Ulwo Atyak are
    henceforth very common to the Lwo spiritual places).
    Again the Arabs followed them there, forcing them to dispersed in all direction. This was during the
    reign of king Cimvor in about 1170-1210 AD. After their defeat by Arabs, Cimvor cursed that no
    Lwo muslem person in future would be in the throne and hold the royal spear head as King and up
    to today its being followed. Gondokoro Probably is where the Anuak got a chance to move eastward
    to Ethiopia because of Arab invasion. Others went back via Wau to Central Africa, Cameroon and
    probably to Nigeria.
    Like in Kenya, the Lwo in Nigeria are said to have also maintained their culture, esp. naming that
    starts with letter ‘O’ (further research is needed). The first King to arrive in northern Uganda was
    Atira who for the first time encountered a bush of vegetation. He liked what he saw and his followers
    named the place Bunga-Atira (THE BUSH OF ATIRA) which is in Acholiland today. So far, three
    Lwo kings were buried there: Atira- 1250, Chuwa-1290 (influenced the banyoro and Baganda
    most)and Ulei- 1332 AD.
    The second last king of the Lwo Atyak people was Kyabambi Ulum 1332-1390. He grabbed the royal
    spear head by force from his step brother Rikiidi whose mother was a munyoro. His father king
    Ulei had the following sons who ran away with followers from Kyabambi; prince Ukumu who led the
    Kumam,prince Owiny Ramogi started the Kenyan Lwo, prince Onongor Adhola of Jupadhola, prince
    Kadhirondi (sold as a slave to a TZ master) of the now Kavirondo and Rukiidi whose daughter
    Nyathwol married Kyomya of a Bunyoro clan. Few historians know this is where history of the
    Lwo disintergration took place around Karuma falls. King Kyabambi killed most of his brothers and
    the Lwo kingdom disintergrated but not with the royal spear head. After King Kyabambi came his
    daughter princess Nyilak 1365-1390. She gave birth to triplets: Nyipir, Nyabongo (Labongo)and
    Thiful.
    After the separation at Pakwach Nyabongo went and formed the Acholi chiefdom, Nyipir crossed the
    Nile westward and with the Lwo royal spearhead handed to him by his mother Queen Nyilak formed
    the Alur Kingdom and Prince Thiful went towards Arua (terego) and crossed to Congo. His
    descendants are the Nyiganda and Angal. The Junam are also descendants of
    Kyabambi (Kwonga & chuwa) who went and settled in Bunyoroland. They were repelled by the
    Bunyoro-Bacwezi revolution against the Lwo in 17th century. Many of them crossed to
    DRCongo and got assimilated by the Alur of Nyipir, for example the Mukambu, Jukoth etc. West Nile
    region of became part of Uganda in 1914. I find the history of the Kenyan Lwo being very accurate
    except that mention of which clan is the leader of all the mentioned. There should be a leading royal
    clan among the Jalwos.
    This is my brief Lwo history of the royal lineage that readers may not know. Had it not been because
    of King Kyabambi, the Lwo today would be having an Empire like that of West Africa not a Kingdom.
    This is a non contestable fact.
    The lineage goes as follows:

    -King Ngur I: Aswan Egypt- 850-890


    -Queen Angom: Aswan Egypt -890-930
    -King Ngur II: Aswan Egypt -930-970
    King Rubanga:
    Wau -970-1010
    King Ulwo Atyak :
    Wau -1010-1050
    King Komrach:
    Wau -1050-1090
    NUER KINGDOM ENDED HERE

    King Utike:
    Gondokoro-1090-1130
    King Alu: = Gondokoro-1130-1170
    King Cimvor: = Gondokoro-1170-1210
    King Atira:
    Patiko -1210-1250
    King Chuwa:
    Patiko -1250-1290
    King Ulei:
    Pajau -1290-1330
    King Kyabambi:
    Pajau -1330-1370
    Queen Nyilak:
    Pajule -1365- 1390
    END OF LWO ATYAK

    kING Nyipir: Locjudongo-1390-1490


    kING OmyerAmor:
    Locjudongo-1490-1510
    King Okwir: Locjudongo-1510-1550
    King Ngira I: Locjudongo-1550-1590
    King OmyerDhyang: Nebbi 1590-1630
    King Ngira II:
    Atyak 1630-1670
    King Keeno:
    Mahagi(DRC) 1670-1700
    King Awaza:
    Padea(DRC)1700-1705
    King Songa:
    Atyak 1705-1735
    King Ucweda:
    Atyak 1735-1775
    King Oledhire:
    Atyak 1775-1780
    King Aryem:
    Atyak 1780-1720
    King Ogena: Owilo (DRC) 1820- 1825
    King Nziri: Atyak 1825-1865
    King Alworonga:
    Agyermac 1865-1890
    King Amula: Atyak 1890-1941
    King Jalusiga: Atyak 1941-1978
    King Jobi Valente: Atyak 1978-2000
    King Philip Olarker: Current 2000
    ALUR KINGDOM CURRENTLY
    END

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