Ekuru aukot biography of abraham

His is not an everyday name and I am curious about it. He tells me he was born when it was raining and named Ekuru, which means rain. Aukot means a cliff.

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Both are names from the Turkana community, which he belongs to. “Just imagine rain on a cliff. How romantic can that be?” he says in response to my inquiry about his name at the start of the interview. I can’t help but chuckle at this.

Ekuru aukot biography of abraham

Pleasant and easy going, Ekuru has a distinctive aura of humour and self-assurance.

Growing up in Kapedo village in the cradle of mankind, Turkana County, Ekuru was surrounded by a lot of culture. His father, a nomadic pastoralist, was polygamous and had four wives and 27 children.

Nonetheless, theirs was and still is a close-knit family. “We have no concept of step-mother and step-siblings. We ate and slept in whichever home we pleased and we all lived within the same homestead,” he explains adding that his biological mother and only surviving step-mother are still very close.

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