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Word: luo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...clinic in the nearby town of Gulu, Owete was injected with the antimalarial chloroquine and sent home. "She didn't even last 24 hours," says Okot. "We didn't understand that someone could die that quickly. We began calling this thing gemo, which in [the local language] Luo is a type of ghost or evil spirit. No one knows about it, but it comes and takes you in the night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Trip Inside An African Hot Zone | 10/30/2000 | See Source »

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