Karrayyu

The Karrayyu are an Oromo clan inhabiting the Awash Valley banks of Abadir and Merti area in central Ethiopia. They are pastoralists. Karrayyu neighbor the Afar and Argobba people. It is believed the extinct Harla ethnicity were assimilated into Karrayyu Oromo in eastern Shewa.

History

The Karrayu appear in the historical records of Emperor Iyasu I as posing a threat to Argobba communities situated in Shewa during the latter portion of the seventeenth century.

Genealogical traditions

According to Asma Giyorgis the Karrayu genealogy is the following:

Bartumā had six sons. Karrayu is the firstborn son; 2. Marawā; 3. Ittu; 4. Akkečču; 5. Waranțešā; 6. Humbanā. Karrayu begat six children who became many and strong tribes: 1. Liban, the strongest tribe of the Gāllā; 2. Wallo; 3. Ğellē; 4. Abbo; 5. Subā; 6. Balā'e. Wallo also begat six children: 1. Warra Bukko; 2. Warra Gur'ā; 3. Warra Nolē Illu; these three were named after Wallo. 4. Warra Karrayu; 5. Warra Illu; 6. Warra Noli'ali; these three were called Saddaččā

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gebre, Ayalew. Understanding the Dynamics of Land Transaction Practices in Agro-Pastoral Neighbourhoods of the Karrayu: The Cases of Abadir and Merti (PDF). p. 6.
  2. ↑ Prunier, Gérard (2015). Understanding Contemporary Ethiopia. Oxford University Press. p. 30. ISBN 9781849042611.
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  4. ↑ Braukamper, Ulrich (2002). Islamic History and Culture in Southern Ethiopia Collected Essays. LitVerlag. p. 17. ISBN 978-3-8258-5671-7.
  5. ↑ Mohammed, Ayantu. Mapping Historical Traces: Methogensis, Identity and the Representation of the Harela: A Historical and Anthropological Inquiry (PDF). Wollo University. p. 111.
  6. ↑ Harla. Encyclopedia Aethiopica.
  7. ↑ Ege, Svein. Class, State and Power in Africa A Case Study of the Kingdom of Shäwa (Ethiopia) about 1840. Harrassowitz. p. 21.
  8. ↑ Giyorgis, Aṣma. Asma Giyorgis and His Work History of the Gāllā and the Kingdom of Šawā. Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH. p. 501.