Karrayyu Explained

The Karrayyu (also Kerrayu, Karrayyuu) are an Oromo clan inhabiting the Awash Valley banks of Abadir and Merti area in central Ethiopia.[1] They are pastoralists.[2] Karrayyu neighbor the Afar and Argobba people.[3] It is believed the extinct Harla ethnicity were assimilated into Karrayyu Oromo in eastern Shewa.[4] [5] [6]

Overview

The Karrayyu are known to have migrated to Metehara the capital of the Harla Kingdom.[7] [8]

The Karrayyu inhabit the Afar Region, Oromia, Somali Region.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Gebre . Ayalew . Understanding the Dynamics of Land Transaction Practices in Agro-Pastoral Neighbourhoods of the Karrayu: The Cases of Abadir and Merti . 6 .
  2. Book: Prunier, Gérard. Understanding Contemporary Ethiopia. 2015. Oxford University Press. 9781849042611. 30. en.
  3. Book: Community-based Water Law and Water Resource Management Reform in Developing Countries . 2007 . CABI . 152 . 9781845933272 .
  4. Book: Braukamper . Ulrich . Islamic History and Culture in Southern Ethiopia Collected Essays . 2002 . LitVerlag . 17 . 978-3-8258-5671-7 .
  5. Book: Mohammed . Ayantu . Mapping Historical Traces: Methogensis, Identity and the Representation of the Harela: A Historical and Anthropological Inquiry . Wollo University . 111 .
  6. Book: Harla . Encyclopedia Aethiopica .
  7. Book: African pastoralism: conflict and institutions and government. 83. 9780745317878. Mohamed Abdel Rahim M. . Salih . Ton . Dietz . Abdel Ghaffar Muhammad. Ahmad. 20 July 2001. Pluto Press .
  8. Book: Brakumper. 2002. 18.

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