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The Article says the Bantus were from Tanzania and points south. They did not come from Kenya or Uganda. Some may have been indigenous to the Shabelle area. It says, of the estimated 7.5 milion Somalis, 600,000 are Bantu.
"Many Bantu refugees can trace their origins back to ancestors in southeast African tribes who were enslaved in the 18th century by agents of the Sultanate of Zanzibar. These ancestral tribes include, among others, the Makua and Yao of southern Tanzania and northern Mozambique; the Ngindo of southern Tanzania; the Nyasa of southern Tanzania, northern Mozambique, and northern Malawi; and the Zaramo and Zigua of northeast Tanzania. Other southeast African tribes represented among the Bantu refugees include the Digo, Makale, Manyawa, Nyamwezi, and Nyika. "
Most scholars believe that the Wazigua are the founders of Goshaland along the Juba River, a safe haven for runaway slaves. Late in the 19th century, Egypt, Zanzibar, Italy, and Britain recognized this haven as an independent entity. Although other gama (autonomous communities) later existed in Goshaland, the Wazigua remained as an autonomous society with a distinct political structure. That is probably why the Goshaland people are generally known by the name of their founders, the Wazigua. Until the 1920s, the Bantu people of Goshaland were divided into nine gama groups, which constituted the core of their confederation. They are Makale, Makua, Molema, Mushunguli (Zigua), Ngindo, Nyamwezi, Nyassa, Nyika, and Yao. Later, some of these groups were either assimilated into the indigenous Bantu/Jareer of the Shabelle River or incorporated into other Somali clans such as Biamal, Garre, Jiido, Shiqaal, and so on.
Since independence in 1960, Somali governments have promoted the false notion that Somalia is a homogeneous nation, a claim reinforced by some Somali nomadic scholars and non-Somalis as well. The myth of homogeneity falsely represents Somalia's dominant nomadic culture and tradition as the nation's only culture and tradition. Somalia, in fact, is made up of diverse communities. Indeed, some experts estimate that up to one third of all Somalis are minorities, representing a variety of cultures, languages, and interpretations of the dominant Sunni Islamic religion."
I am having major problem identifying a Jareer Women. I know they are not the same. When they stay here for a while, they look like African Americans and Y'd mistake them with Those Big nose. NOW, I have my own way of identifying Jareer Women, Look and see if her hands and Legs are sweaty. Akahs I handshaked this Jareer Girl and her hands were all wet like she just wash it
sad....I feel sorry for the bantu, he should just find himself a dumb white chick like his bantu brothers in america and europe [/quote]
yeah and get them to be Muslim...
but damn man I can't get the thought outta my head
like my hooyo also sees a somali dude who just recently came to the US from Nairobi as a refugee. So he comes to our house every sunday and teaches my younger siblings Qur'an cause he knows it all and everything. He's Ogaden and all
my mom is like "he has Jareer in him"
im like "but hes somali, he has the forehead and everything"
my mom: "yeah but his hair.. and his nose is a little unorthodox"
"where is he from? Let me guess.. KISMAAYO"
I say "Jilib.. yeah.. you're right "
She says "reer waqooyi know everything hooyo macaan.. I KNOW this, you see the pictures of his sisters? they don't look much a like.. so either his mom and dad have the Jareer blood. Kismaayo has a lot of Jareer there."
i dunno i just laugh, he has points for being Darod and my mom gives him points for that, but she sees Jareer in him
sad....I feel sorry for the bantu, he should just find himself a dumb white chick like his bantu brothers in america and europe [/quote]
yeah and get them to be Muslim...
but damn man I can't get the thought outta my head
like my hooyo also sees a somali dude who just recently came to the US from Nairobi as a refugee. So he comes to our house every sunday and teaches my younger siblings Qur'an cause he knows it all and everything. He's Ogaden and all
my mom is like "he has Jareer in him"
im like "but hes somali, he has the forehead and everything"
my mom: "yeah but his hair.. and his nose is a little unorthodox"
"where is he from? Let me guess.. KISMAAYO"
I say "Jilib.. yeah.. you're right "
She says "reer waqooyi know everything hooyo macaan.. I KNOW this, you see the pictures of his sisters? they don't look much a like.. so either his mom and dad have the Jareer blood. Kismaayo has a lot of Jareer there."
i dunno i just laugh, he has points for being Darod and my mom gives him points for that, but she sees Jareer in him [/quote]
first bantu I saw was actually 2 weeks back, I was on the bus and this fat African lady came on and sat at the opposite end she took up two seats. She busted out a apple and a knife and began cutting it into slices and eatting it After chewing down a few slices like a horse someone calls her on her cell phone and shes starts speaking Somali I began laughing, got up and moved to the back.
[quote="e!"][quote="hyperactive"]They're as Somali as next man.[/quote]
Marry one or stfu[/quote]
I wouldn't mind just because she has little biger nose. That is stupid. We all from Adam and Ave. Stop this childish. You know this is against Islam you're claiming is your religion. No one forcing you to marry them but dadka Allah aburay faraha ka qad. Ma iyaga is aburay?
[quote="hyperactive"][quote="e!"][quote="hyperactive"]They're as Somali as next man.[/quote]
Marry one or stfu[/quote]
I wouldn't mind just because she has little biger nose. That is stupid. We all from Adam and Ave. Stop this childish. You know this is against Islam you're claiming is your religion. No one forcing you to marry them but dadka Allah aburay faraha ka qad. Ma iyaga is aburay?[/quote]
Naaya, is it that time of the month? I never said anything rude about them, so dont get ur panties in a knot.