"Turkana" is the name given to the pastoral and formerly pastoral people living in the arid and semiarid range lands of northwestern Kenya. The Turkana refer to themselves as "Ngiturkan" and their land as "Eturkan." The Turkana ethnic group as a whole is composed of two major divisions, and each division composed of territorial sections. The major divisions are the Ngimonia and the Ngichoro; Ngimonia are divided into Ngissir and non-Ngissir sections.

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culture, kenya

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counties and their cultures, the turkana ethnic group as a whole is composed of two major divisions, turkana, living in the lands of northwestern kenya, pastoral and formerly pastoral people, pastoral

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