Borana people

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Borana

Borana women
Total population
Regions with significant populations
Ethiopia, Kenya
Languages
Borana
Religions
Predomatinely Islam[1]
Related ethnic groups
Oromo, Barentu
Borana is also an alternate Spanish name of the Boran sub-family of the larger Witotoan language family.

The Borana, also called the Boran, are a Muslim East African ethnic group living in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia (Oromia). They are a sub-group of the Oromo people[2] and represent one of the two halves of the original Oromos (the other half being the Barentu). They are nomadic, but recently some Borana have taken up agriculture.

They speak Borana, or afaani Boraana, a Cushitic language.

[edit] References

  1. ^ African Nights: True Stories from the Author of I Dreamed of Africa By Kuki Gallmann, pg. 262
  2. ^ Aguilar, Mario. The Eagle as Messenger, Pilgrim and Voice: Divinatory Processes among the Waso Boorana of Kenya. Journal of Religion in Africa, Vol. 26, Fasc. 1 (Feb., 1996), pp. 56-72. Retrieved on 2007-10-27.

[edit] Further reading

  • Asmerom Legesse, Gada
  • Beckingham and G.W.B. Huntingford, Some records of Ethiopia Hakluyt Society, 1954
  • Bassi Marco, Decisions in the Shade. Political and juridical processes among the Oromo-Borana Red Sea Press, 2005
  • Clifford H F Plowman CMG OBE, Notes On The Gedamoch Ceremonies Among The Boran, (Journal of the Royal African Society, Vol. 18, No. 70 (Jan., 1919), pp. 114-121 )
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