Lake Turkan

Lake Turkan
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Published on 2010-05 by Books LLC

Chapters: Kerio River, Koobi Fora, Turkana Boy, Omo River, Loiyangalani, Sibiloi National Park, Lake Turkana National Parks, Ileret, Namoratunga, Turkwel River, El Molo, Eliye Springs, Kalokol. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 56. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Lake Turkana - Language map of Kenya. The lake and its environs are in the upper portion.The lake was named Lake Rudolf (in honor of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria) by Count Smuel Teleki de Szk and his second-in-command Lieutenant Ludwig Ritter Von Hhnel, a Hungarian and an Austrian, 6 March 1888. They were the first Europeans to have recorded visiting the lake, |finding| it on a large safari across East Africa. Native peoples who live around lake Turkana include the Turkana, Rendille, Gabbra, Daasanach, Hamar Koke, Karo, Nyagatom, Mursi, Surma and Molo. For the location of many of these peoples refer to the dialect map in the article. J. W. Gregory reported in The Geographical Journal of 1894 that it had been called |'Basso Narok' This means black lake in the samburu language and basso naibor for lake Stefanie meaning white lake in the Samburu language. The Samburu are among the dominant tribes in the lake Turkana region when the explorers came.| What the native form of this phrase was, what it might mean and in what language is not clear. The lake kept its European name during the colonial period of British East Africa. After the independence of Kenya, the president, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, renamed it in 1975 after the Turkana, the predominant tribe there. At some unknown time the lake became known as the Jade Sea from its turquoise color seen on approaching from a distance. The color comes from algae that rise to the surface in calm weather. This is likely also a European name. The Turkana refer to the lake as anam Ka'a...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=498321

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