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LUO RHUMBA AND LOVE

When it comes to the description of love and romance, Luo rhumba artistes seem to hit new levels of absurdity with each passing day (or song tittle, should I say?). They have a panoply of phrases and song or album tittles, some of which are just ludicrous if not crazy (we'll sample some of them here for good measure). In their best attempt to answer the age-old question, "What is love?" they've only succeeded in confusing themselves and their listeners.  Non-Luos speakers who enjoy Luo rhumba, may think that all Luo rhumba songs are in praise of women. This may be true to an extent but not entirely so. A lot of it is the ever green theme of a want away lover; some artistes praise politicians, others revile them and the rest is nothing but a wretched gabble of revilement of love itself. Their idea of romance never goes beyond crying and complaining about a run-away or want-away lover. They praise them for their beauty and make a half hearted attempt at winning them bac