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Nyamgodho Son of Ombare is a folk legend of the Luo peoples of Kenya. It is also known as Nyamgondho Wuod Ombare, Nyamgondho Kombare, and Nyamgontho.
The legend of Nyamgondho centers around a poor fisherman from Kamuela in Tanzania who came to sojourn in Kachwodho clan in Nyandiwa next to the present Nyandiwa fishing beach on the Suba mainland in Kenya. Nyamgodho's name was Julu son of Ombare and the grandson of Omae.[1] The full myth has been told in the seminal anthology of Luo oral literature "Keep My Words" by Onyango-Ogutu and Nashley Mbayah.[2]
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- ^ Onyango-Ogutu, B.; Roscoe, Adrian A. (1974). Keep my words. East African Pub. House.