Turkana
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a member of a seminomadic people of northwestern Kenya and bordering areas of Uganda.
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the Nilotic language of the Turkana.
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Formerly Rudolf. Lake. a lake in E Africa, in NE Kenya. 185 miles (298 km) long; 3,500 sq. mi. (9,100 sq. km).
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To reach this conclusion, Rowan and colleagues analyzed a rare set of high quality seismic data collected with industry partners and in collaboration with the Turkana Basin Institute, founded by the late paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026
The Turkana Rift has produced more than 1,200 hominin fossils from the past 4 million years, accounting for about one third of all such finds in Africa.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026
Although rains have recently started falling in several parts of the country and even caused flash floods in some areas, officials caution that relief will not come immediately to Turkana.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
Jacob Letosiro, from Turkana county's drought management team, says more than 320,000 people are in "urgent need of food assistance" in the county.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
The Turkana would come to the camp, and we would share food, whatever we had, with them.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
Meanwhile plenty of ethnic Turkanas, especially those with an education, are returning to their homeland from elsewhere in Kenya, hoping to join the oil boom, often as officials, wearing extraordinarily large wrist watches.
From Economist ● Jul. 9, 2015
"The Turkanas are fleeing from Suguta area with their household goods, goats and cattle," said Peter Legerded, a shopkeeper from Baragoi town, near the site of the ambush.
From Reuters ● Nov. 13, 2012
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