GALLAS, or more correctly Galla, a powerful Hamitic people of eastern Africa, scattered over the wide region which extends for about 1000 m. from the central parts of Abyssinia to the …

The Galla, Somali, Afar and Saho once belonged to a single speech community located in southern Ethiopia and presumably shared more common cultural elements than they do now, …

2009年1月22日 · This study presents a reconstruction of the origins and major movements of the Galla and Somali of Northeast Africa which departs from most of the previous literature on the …

The Galla prohibit unions between first cousins and favor local exogamy. All tribes follow the patrilocal rule of residence and the patrilineal rule of descent. In addition to exogamous sibs …

It is the thesis of this paper that both the Galla and the Somali originated in southern Ethiopia, that the Somali expanded to the east and north much earlier than the Galla, and that the...

Galla has been adopted by Somali in the form gal, infidel or pagan, referring to a time when the Somali had adopted Islam but while the Galla were still non-Muslims1). But no secure …

The document discusses the origins and historical movements of the Galla and Somali peoples of Northeast Africa. It analyzes early written references to these groups from Arab sources …

This paper examines the historical presence of the Galla people in northern Somaliland prior to the arrival of the Somali. It maps their settlement and subsequent displacement due to the …

This article offers a new reconstruction of Bantu, Galla and Somali migrations in the Horn of Africa, with particular reference to the area between the Juba and the Tana rivers.

The dilemma of rural artisan women in southwestern Ethiopia.