Turkana
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Turkanas,
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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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The Turkana Rift began opening about 45 million years ago, and researchers estimate that necking started after widespread volcanic eruptions around 4 million years ago.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026
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
Because the Turkana Rift is the first known active continental rift currently undergoing necking, it offers scientists a rare chance to study this crucial stage of tectonic evolution.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026
In her culture in Turkana, where livestock are not merely a source of money but are central to life itself, the depletion of the herd is a disaster that will be hard to recover from.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
The Turkana themselves had no food and no jobs.
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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