The Karrayyu are an Oromo clan inhabiting the Awash Valley banks of Abadir and Merti area in central Ethiopia.[1] They are pastoralists.[2] Karrayyu neighbor the Afar and Argobba people.[3] It is believed the extinct Harla ethnicity were assimilated into Karrayyu Oromo in eastern Shewa.[4][5][6]
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.[7]
Genealogical traditions
According to Asma Giyorgis the Karrayu genealogy is the following:[8]
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
- 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.
- Prunier, Gérard (2015). Understanding Contemporary Ethiopia. Oxford University Press. p. 30. ISBN 9781849042611.
- Community-based Water Law and Water Resource Management Reform in Developing Countries. CABI. 2007. p. 152. ISBN 9781845933272.
- Braukamper, Ulrich (2002). Islamic History and Culture in Southern Ethiopia Collected Essays. LitVerlag. p. 17. ISBN 978-3-8258-5671-7.
- Mohammed, Ayantu. Mapping Historical Traces: Methogensis, Identity and the Representation of the Harela: A Historical and Anthropological Inquiry (PDF). Wollo University. p. 111.
- Harla. Encyclopedia Aethiopica.
- Ege, Svein. Class, State and Power in Africa A Case Study of the Kingdom of Shäwa (Ethiopia) about 1840. Harrassowitz. p. 21.
- Giyorgis, Aṣma. Asma Giyorgis and His Work History of the Gāllā and the Kingdom of Šawā. Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH. p. 501.