Who are the Somalis? (The Truth)
January 24, 2008 at 4:48 pm | In somali | 13 CommentsWho are the Somalis? (The Truth)
by Abunas2008
What race are Somalis and who we really are? Are they a separate African race? Or are they mixed with Arabs and Europeans, to an extent which would explain their appearance. Although craniofacially (judging by facial features and our human the skull) Somalis resemble Nordic (particularly Norwegian) people more than any other ethnic group.
Also recent research has shown that the average Somali is genetically (when testing someone’s DNA) only 15% Caucasian, which includes Arabs, North Africans, as well as Europeans. The rest of the Somali genome consists of 5% Sub-Saharan African genes, and the remaining 80% consists of Cushitic (and possible semi-ancient Egyptian) genes.*
Please read this anthropology report about Somali people
Because of recent studies of Cushitic people, anthropologists have had to discard some of their prior theories on the origin and progression of the human race. Genetically, East Africans are at the midpoint in relationship to Sub-Saharan Africans, and the peoples of Europe and Asia.
“When the nonadaptive aspects of craniofacial configuration are the basis for assessment, the Somalis cluster with Europeans before showing a tie with the people of West Africa or the Congo Basin.”
“As our data show, the people of the Horn of Africa are craniofacially less distinct from a spectrum of samples marginally including South Asia and running all the way from the Middle East to northwest Europe than they are to any group in sub-Saharan Africa.”
Cushitic people are found largely in the Somalia, Ethiopia, and Eritrea, which are the main countries which constitute the Horn of Africa and within these nations the following dominant Cushitic ethnic groups are as follows
Oromo: Largely populated in Ethiopia, Kenya and parts of Somalia [mainly as migrant workers or fleeing political persecution]
Somalis: Populated in Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya.
Afar: Populated in Djibouti, Ethiopia and Erirea.
Sidamo: Largely populated in Ethiopia.
Somalis nearest cousins and without a shadow of a doubt in my opinion are Afar ethic group. We share a similar Cushitic language, same racial features, same culture and traditional clothing and religion i.e. over 99.9% of Afar people are Sunni Muslims like Somalis.
If you STILL have difficulty in believing me check out my Youtube clip of Afar people and TRY to spot any difference
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CocabagwYpA
What is Cushitic?
The origin of the word Cushitic (also spelt as Kushitic) is from the Kingdom of Kush. The Kingdom that had traded, rivalled, was subjugated under but also ruled over the ancient Egyptian Kingdom. Here are some brief history about Kush Kingdom:
· The Kush Kingdom located in Nubia – present day Northern Sudan was first based in Kerma, then at Napata and finally at Meroe. By about 1700 BC the town Kerma had grown into a town of 10,000 with rich minerals like gold…
· The Egyptians even though having economical interests considered the Kush Kingdom a threat and occupied the territory for about 500 years.
· However from around 850BC the Egyptan state fell and rose the Kush which gain authority over all of Egypt.
· The Kush dynasty was based at Napata however after several hundred years of rule the dynasty ended after a military defeat at the hands of the Assyrians (a kingdom that was located in modern day Iraq)
· Around 600BC the Kushites was moved again further south along the Nile from Napata to Meroe.
· The Kush Kingdom flourished again as an advanced society through farming and new natural resources like iron: ore made Meroe the ‘Birmingham’ of the world with renowned blacksmiths.
· But again the after several hundred years Kush Kingdom in Meroe began to fade by the first or second century AD due to a major war with the Rome Egypt and the decline of its traditional industries like iron.
· The final blow to the kingdom was around 350AD when an army from the Kingdom of Axum (present day Meles Zenawi Tigray region of Ethiopia) invaded Meroe.
· However the Kushites (Cushitic) people by then had already dispersed eventually settling further down pass the Nile rive scattering and inhabiting throughout present day Horn of Africa.
From Meroe to Somalia (my thesis)
Some Kush people from Meroe eventually began to settle in present day north western and north eastern regions of Somalia stretching from Djibouti to all the way to Bosaaso. As they had settle they had continue to practice their old tradition such as blacksmith (iron workers) raising cattle’s or farming skills which they have acquired from Meroe.
As time went by and the religion of Islam began to spread, a (few) Arab traders had settled and taught Islam and married locals…and with this they had introduced new methods of transportation and raising livestock and cattle and a notable example is the camel and the system of semi-nomadic pastoralism.
Eventually after a few hundred years through intermarriage and the adoption of the true religion which is Islam and the adaptation of Arabic tribal/clan systeam, a distinct ethnic group of Somalis was created. Many Somali clans and sub-clans were created but due rugged terrain and lack of water in Northern Somalia many clans began to move south and competition due to conflict over grazing land for their livestock and cattles and water.
However, not all Somalis adopted the pastoralist way of living a few remand in the north and retained their skills as blacksmiths (iron worker) however due to the Somalis clannish ideologies these group of Somalis were and still are treated unequal in society due to their lower caste occupation i.e. Midgaan and others who are blacksmiths and craftsman.
The Somali youth must be aware of our beautiful culture and history something which sadly only a few are aware of. Somali youths MUST not class themselves as BLACK it is a derogative word…just get a 20>50 year old English dictionary and learn what the REAL meaning of BLACK or you even watch Malcolm X film directed by Spike Lee and see the meaning of ‘BLACK’
AND please people STOP saying Somalis ‘are from Arabs’ yes 15% of our blood is Arabs but who cares I don’t. I am proud to be instead 80% indigenous African…something that I will always be proud of.
p.s. plz send me any message If any one wants for info on any of my posted topics.
source:
*Distribution of blood groups in the East African Somali population.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q…&dopt=Abstract
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One thing is for sure, we are not Arabs. We don’t look like them, nor do we speak their language. When Somalia was joining the Arab league, the strong argument for the protagonist were that Somalis are half Arabs, because they are our sons and daughters from our “concubines.” I do not care where Somalis are from originally. What is the point u all kill us{minorities}and each other. Somalis whether they all have one mother or father they cant get along. And Islam aint doing much either! Where is the brotherhood in Islam LOL. So just take care of your tribes and leave other tribes alone. F*ck daarood, hawiye, dir and isaaq! Viva Besha shanaad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by nin — February 1, 2008 #
Great article saxiib. I agree that we Somalis should never classify ourselves as black for the simple fact that we more genetically resemble Berbers and because doing so will ensure that we get absorbed by the much larger black population. We are Somalis, neither Arabs nor blacks nor a mixture thereof. It’s time we stood up and got counted.
Comment by Ali — February 27, 2008 #
Great article. I agree that we Somalis should never classify ourselves as black for the simple fact that we more genetically resemble Berbers and because doing so will ensure that we get absorbed by the much larger black population. We are Somalis, neither Arabs nor blacks nor a mixture thereof. It’s time we stood up and got counted.
Comment by Ali — February 27, 2008 #
hey dear confused somali people . remember arab will never ever take you as their brather or sister we all know that bE proud what you realy are which is AFRICAN like it or not arab don’t like you and you know that they simply call you ximaarul aswad so we are realy african black and we are black be proud what you realy are.i m somalian who visit most af africa arab world and america now all people whom i met call us as we are black african.so what.????????
Comment by somali — June 12, 2008 #
nice article wallah im glad that i read this but still im disappointed why cuz we got NIN who made a point but at the end said ” F*ck daarood, hawiye, dir and isaaq! Viva Besha shanaad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
SO YOU TELL ME WHAT TO SAY THATS WHY WE DONT HAVE A COUNTRY LET A ALONE RESPECT FROM THE WORLD. SO DONT WORRY ABOUT WHAT WE ARE WE ARE THE LOST GENERATION WE DONT KNOW WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE ARE OTHER THEN WHAT OUR PPL TOLD US WHICH IS STAY WITH YOUR CLAN ARABS DONT LIKE US, AMERICANS CANT STAND US , AND EUROPEAN ARE SIMPLY HAVE HAD IT WITH OUR PPL SO GUYZ INSAHALLAH ALLAH WILL ONE DAY PUT PEACE IN OUR HEARTS.
Comment by kalam — June 19, 2008 #
I AGREE WITH KALAM IM MIXED MY FATHER IS SOMALI AND UR RIGHT WALLAHI GOD BLESS YOU MAN INSALLAH YARAB
Comment by MIKO — June 19, 2008 #
We are Somalis black and beatiful human being, the piuple of kush. good bless somalis!!
Comment by nourani — July 3, 2008 #
Thank u for your work.
that is not it, you should not sit and wait somalis to read this and open up their minds straight away. you need to turn this idea in to a film or write a book ., or a documentary. you can then get this great idea understood and conceptualised, otherwise you are giong to end up into the dust bin of history along with your unknown ancestors(probably the KUSH PEOPLE as u researched)
i am a writer and a journalist and i am currently training as a lawyer should you need any help to take your ideas a step forward then get in contact.
do not only stick to this kush posibility research further and build a pool of other posibilities, that is when the truth is going to surface otherwise, i urge u to use the Quran in case you need to know EXACTLY where the somali come from?
THAN U
MACALIN HUSSEIN , ENGLISH TEACHER UNIVERSAL TV UK.
Comment by macalin hussein universal tv, uk — July 14, 2008 #
good article
laakiin waxaa xaqiiqa oo suga ama qof walbo oo dunidan ku sugan ogsoonyahay in xawaa iyo aadam ay yihiin aabaheen iyo hooyadeen
intaan ka imaanay iyo sidaan la yiri intaan ka baxno aan dhan waxaan nahay caruurtii xawaa iyo aadam
Comment by sahro — August 8, 2008 #
Hi,
Thank you for writting this article. As a proud Somali woman who grew up in the west society, I always wondered why we look different than other Africans. Now I know, thanks to your work.
Thanks again,
Ikran
Comment by Ikran — January 13, 2009 #
There are great points made in this article but i would like to know more on where our writer got his/hers sources from. As a fellow somali brother I never considered myself to be black nor arab and never will. We all know and have experienced in some cases that these two races cannot stand or bare us for what reason only god knows.
Comment by jaleweeyne — July 11, 2009 #
I agree whit you brother, why we don`t say hey we are all somalia and we are one nation and we love eacht other as a brothers, sisters and we fight as one. any way we have the same culture,tradition, religion and the same language. why we don`t say we are the ancient egyptie,because the scienties also said the somalies are the ancient people egyptie
Comment by iftiin — August 3, 2009 #
Hey Adam
I really enjoy reading your article ,you managed to include great historic detail on the history of somali people and their orgins , that so many dont people didnt know existed and were never told about.It can get confusing at times when somali people often come up with their own genetic mixture of where they think we orginated from usually the old liner ‘oh somali ppl are half arab and BS like that.
So I will definitely forward this page to my fellow somali people,to educate and inform them on their newly discovered ancient history.
Comment by Fadumo — August 11, 2009 #