Some of them, particularly the Yibir, have begun to fight the perception that they of minority groups are mere chattel and that their forefathers were slaves.
In addition to Bantu plantation slaves, Somalis sometimes enslaved peoples of Oromo pastoral background that were captured during wars and raids on Oromo settlements.[4][3] However, there were marked differences in terms of the perception, capture, treatment and duties of the Oromo pastoral slaves versus the Bantu plantation slaves.[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Somalia
