Tribes should be preserved. :siilaanyolaugh: Or would you prefer being like the Oromo. Collecting unrelated foot soliders under a ethno-national banner. Those guys look so divergent at times that you think they are from different races. That's what happens when you have A, E3b, J and to a neglible extent T, assimilated under one label. It obscures your differences and doesn't allow you to preserve your autosmal homogenity.
I have more of a pragmatic approach about Tribe. None of this dhegocase nonsense about Somali tribal orgins. I doubt the author of the book EDSomali posted bothered to consult a diversity of clans (nor fact checked). Simply, ask around and you'll see that only ignorant people believe they are beesha J. And not all Somali clans ever uttered this, nor was it a part of their lineage or lore.