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     | Saturday, November 25, 2000 - 10:29 pm yow my felo somalians I had some braawe friends in my schoo and all they say is we are not somalis can some one tell me why.
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| | Monday, November 27, 2000 - 01:14 am i tell u what..i'm a brawaani... i know i'm a somalian but back in time the brawanise ain't no somalian..and back in time the somalians ain't no somalians... get it!
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| | Tuesday, November 28, 2000 - 11:06 am pleyh... i know why they dont say their somalis, it is simply because: THEY ARE NOT SOMALIS! They are BARWANIS, so let them say what they are. anyway, everyone should be proud of their culture or ethnicity, so let the bravanese be proud. dont also forget how we persecuted them in Xamaar because they dont have a qabiil to protect their business and homes
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| | Thursday, November 30, 2000 - 03:50 am hey u nadia now u sound like really brawani WHAT IS UR PION GRIL????????
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| | Thursday, November 30, 2000 - 04:05 am I wanna know what make pleyah feel soo somalian..i'm as much somalian as him..i ain't got nothing more 2 say..
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| | Thursday, November 30, 2000 - 05:05 am PARAWAAMI ARE GOOD PEOPLE!!!!!!!!! PARAWAANI NO MATTER IF THEY ARE SOMALI OR ANY THING ELSE STILL THEY ARE WONDERFULL PEOPLE IN MANY WAYS, AND I FEEL BAD HOW WE THE DARK ONES TREATED THEM BACK IN 1990-91 LETS SAY TILL TODAY, THEY LIKE THEIR ISLAMIC CULTURE AND THEY ARE JUST WONDERFULL PEOPLE TO BE FRIENDS WITH.
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| | Thursday, November 30, 2000 - 09:01 am who are they anyway?????sorry I mean no disrespect am from northern somalia(reer waqooyi)issaq is my tribe,Iwas born and bread in QATAR(one of the gulf states)lately I've been learning more and more about my somali culture but sadly I've never heard of barwani people,I would like you to educate me about their residence,language,culture. 1 somalia KHALID ramathan kareem
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| | Thursday, November 30, 2000 - 02:01 pm To Kalid and anyone out there: Barawe is in Somalia and Barawanis are Somalians, weather they like or not. But, back in the histoty; Barawe, Kismayo, Mombaza (Kenya), and Zansibar(Tanzania) which all lies in the cost land of Indian Ocean, where under the rule of Said Barqash (of Arab origin). he was the king of the cost and also he is the one who introdused and impeplemented the SAWAHILI language which is half Arabic and half of the local Bantu dailet. The Sawahili language is not a Kenyan or Tansanian language. Most of Kenyanis ie. Kikuyu who live in the inland don't speak Sawahili. Therefore, the Barawani language is not diffrent from Sawahili, and the ppl of those cities above are not diffrent and the cities thm selfs. The headquarter of Barqash was in zansibar, and his main bissniss in the region wa the "slavery". Even though most of his slaves were exported to the Arebia, zensibar was the only port used to export the slaves from central Africa to America. After Barqash the Bortiqis came to the region, and I think the origin of these ppl in Q is a Half-cast from Bortaqis and Bantu and have some blood of the Arabs left behind in the region. That is from me now.
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| | Friday, December 01, 2000 - 01:36 pm Because they are not
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| | Friday, December 01, 2000 - 10:23 pm I am bravanese and I don't think we are not somalian's let me tell you the truth it is just some people who ware angry about the fight and who got rapet and those stuff understand.........
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| | Monday, December 04, 2000 - 01:01 am ASLAAMA CALYKUM DHAMAANTIIN WAXAN IDINKA CODSANYAA IN AAD XASUUSNAATAAN IN RUUXA HADDII UU YIRAAHDO MA IHI SOOMALI. IN LAG OGOLAADO, WAAYO SOOMAALINIMADA MA AHA WAX LA ISKU BARYAAYO. WAXAAN LA YAABANAHAY WAXAAD KA DOODAYSAAN SOOMALINIMADA, WAXAADNA HALKAN KU SOO QORAYSAAN AF-QALAAD. HA LA BARTO AFKA-HOOYO. RABADAAN KARIIM.
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| | Monday, December 04, 2000 - 08:19 am I feel bad, for what Hawiye did to Barvanees. I like Barvanees, they are nice people, they are no peacefull and religion loving and they really dont deserve to be treated like that.They were never in siyaad bare's goverment or never had to do any thing with politics. I dont think barvanees are somalis, they are barvanees that is all. may be they are in somalia but i dont think they have to any thing with being somali.Because somalis are mean, mad, and ugly, and i dont think barvanees are any thing like that (lol), just kidding.
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| | Tuesday, December 05, 2000 - 10:39 pm I'm Brawaani so i know the true story about my people.. from the begining the brawanis are from PORTUGAL.. WE CAME 2 SOMALIA LONG TIME AGO..after that...we made fotplants with real somalians and became somalians,,,i don't know more 2 tell.. but i wanna say one word 2 HANAD,,,BOO U DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT POLITICS SO SHUT UP..BRawanise are mixed with all kind off somalians..it's not about qabiil...can't u just 4-get about qabiil..and feel like a SOMALIAN... damn u should feel shame,,, nadiasomalia
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| | Wednesday, December 06, 2000 - 02:18 am To nadiaSomalia, I am not a Brawani but it is clear that you dont know much about your origins. Can I suggest you visit a Brawa website I stumbled upon recently : http://www.coding-zone.co.uk/bravanese/index2.shtml Here is an extract from it: " The Bravanese people as their name suggests are found only in the town of Brava, which until the 70's was entirely inhabited by them. It is quite known that the Bravanese people are mostly of Arabic origin. This has been proved by historical documents and sources. In addition to that their traditions and behaviours are the strongest facts of being affiliated to Arabs. The Bravanese people do not have a King, the people are mostly governed by its elders , they being honoured and respectable persons. This idea of being governed by elders and Sheikhs (Islamic leaders) has been the main system of leadership in Brava. This is mainly due to the fact that most bravanese follow the Islamic laws and Sharia. Bravaneese dialect which is known as "Chimini", is a derivative from Swahili, as well as its accent. It was reported in some history papers that Swahili was spoken since the second century, when the Bantu Arabs used it as their mother tongue, affecting it's grammar and phrasal elements from the Arabic language(refer to Arabic dictionaries). Although the Bravaneese have their own language, quite a few of them speak the somali language too. The Somali language is mostly used outside of Brava where no one speaks the bravaneese language. There is a fraction of the Bravanese people who do not speak the Somali language at all but only speak "Chimini". This is mainly to the fact that some did not either, not have the opportunity or ability to seek for education or employment outside of Brava During the 15th century the Bravanese population was reduced substantially by the Portuguese, with great slaughter of the inhabitants of Brava, of whom many were made captives, and great riches in gold, silver, and other merchandise were taken , and those who escaped fled into the country, and after the place was destroyed, they returned to people it." This clearly suggests that you are not descended from the Portugese. Logically this makes sense as the Portugese did not settle in Somalia only faught against us. I personally think that the Barawanese are as Somali as every other tribe and should be treated with the respect that all other Somali tribes demand for themselves. Historically I think that the Bravanese are a rich mixture of Somalis who have mixed with the arab Shirazi's of Persia (Iran). Their history is important to Somalia as it gives an excellent evidence of type of long distance migrations that occurred in Somalia, over a long period of time. The travelling was not as historians suggest one way. The Somalis had the intelligence & Sea knowledge to travel long distances. Some anthropoligists like the famous I.M Lewis try to tell us that the Somalis have never migrated or travelled any further than Ethiopia and Somalia. I hope you find this of some help. Yours ps All Somali history is interesting , whether it is North, South, West or East Somalia.
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| | Wednesday, December 06, 2000 - 03:52 am wha'eva...my mother who's 100%brawani gave me the fact that says that we are originally from portugal point...
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| | Wednesday, December 06, 2000 - 09:19 am nadiasomalia, you sound very young, naieve or very illogical. Whichever the case may be why dont you be mature about your argument and find out scientically yourself instead of reliying on( with no disrespect heresay). Believe me the Portugese spent more time in Ethiopia with the so called christian king PRESTER JOHN than they did in Somalia. Please dont be ignorant about your history and visit the website created by your own people the BRAVEANESE. As I said earlier I am not Bravanese but am interested in all Somali history.
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| | Wednesday, December 06, 2000 - 09:41 am Nadia,if your ancestors are Portuguese what happened to your blue eyes and blond hair.European origin is the last thing you should claim especially in Europe, and here in USA.My sister wellcome to the real world of my niggaz.
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| | Wednesday, December 13, 2000 - 11:20 pm Anonymous....who eva'u are,have u seen me...have u seen my eyes?i neva said that my eyes was blue or green or wha'eva u mumling about but we B are mixed with the black people fool.........
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| | Thursday, December 14, 2000 - 12:26 am lol@ "welcome to the world of my niggaz". nadia I heard bravanese originally migrated from the gulf of oman....I think the option of portugal is nothing more than rumor. cheers sis;
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| | Thursday, December 14, 2000 - 04:55 am I stil don't know whay Somali-Barwani are acting like an alien when did they become (bravanese) what ever happen to barawani it happend to evrey somalian and they are not diffrent from the rest of the somalian,above all this is'not the end of somalia. NB the persson who refer(SW)to(soomaali wayn) or enemiy has tink diffrently as i siad befor this isn't the end of the greater somalia
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