Ngero as a Social Object

Abstract

This is a study of the art of Ngero which is a Genre of Luo Oral literature.The term Ngero is in the singular. like some Luo words whose singulars end in ro ,the two letters are replaced by CHE in the plural which becomes Ngeche .Scholars of Luo Oral tradition and culture translate and define Ngero mistakenly as the proverb,thus making it lexically and culturally English by assuming that their naming systems are universal for all mankind .This generalization variously identifies the Ngero with short expressions ,comprising brief statement,phrases and incomplete sentences ...