1- Cedric Barnes ( American? or British)
2- John Markakis ( Scandinavian)
3- Gufu Oba ( Kenyan)
4- and one Ethiopian. cant recall his book , but i will find it.
Most of them follow the original Ogaden narrative popularized by John Markakis whom in 1981 wrote " The Ishaq-Ogaden dispute..." basically putting the Ogaden narrative in print and pass it as a research. His recent books among them Ethiopia: The Last Two Frontiers basically follow the same Ogaden narative from his 1981 paper. The rest of the above researchers , basically followed his initial conclusion , that " the poor dark Ogadens were the victims of Britain and Isaaq''".
They conflate two issues , first Hawd the traditional Isaaq rainy season grazing lands from time immemorial with the post Dervish invasion of Ogadeen land Doollo by the Isaaq , the raid of Haji Waraabe in October 1920 , that crushed the dervish and settled Isaaq in the heart of the Ogadeen country. Doollo and Hawd are two different things.
In 1935 emperor Heila Selassi met with the Ogaden clan and their various cheifs. Requesting from the Ogaden to fight along the Ethiopian colonial troops against the Italian invasion. The Ogaden accepted Heila Selassie request on one condition, the Ogaden chief and spoke person Gerad Makhtal Gerad Dahir said:
" If its wished Somalis become a sincere friend of the Abyssinian , then the English subjects should be obliged to move out of the Ogaden immediately
Ethiopia the last two frontiers, page .142.
Meaning we will collaborate with the colonial Ethiopians , that kill Ogadens , rape ogadens and robb ogadens , if only the Ethiopian kick the the Isaaq out of " our land".
to be continued.