Are we indigenous to the Horn of Africa? Where did the Somali people come from?

[Nomadic lord]

Various sources inform me of various things.

 

[Gadhwayne]

Somali are as indigenous as any African ethnicity. Dont believe any of the wandering-Caucasoid hypotheses if anything CroMagnon is a wandering Soomaali/African. Dont buy into racialist heories whether they are Afrocentric or Eurocentric

 

[Affliction]

Yes we are as we have been there for a long time.

 

[Username]

Of course we're indigenous, where else would we come from

 

[Nomadic lord]

Of course we're indigenous, where else would we come from

no I mean like were we always at the horn of africa?

 

[Hamzza]

Somalis came from southern ethiopia, linguists proved that somalis are from southern ethiopia northern kenya region from lake abaya to lake turkana, we expanded gradually from southern ethiopia to the horn in the last 2000 years

 

[Nomadic lord]

Somalis came from southern ethiopia, linguists proved that somalis are from southern ethiopia northern kenya region from lake abaya to lake turkana, we expanded gradually from southern ethiopia to the horn in the last 200 years

Before Ethiopia, where were we?

 

[Hamzza]

Before Ethiopia, where were we?

Sudan sxb.

 

[Nomadic lord]

Sudan sxb.

sudan? do you have any resources?

 

[Username]

Why would we go from lush Ethiopia to desert Somalia, makes no sense.

 

[Nomadic lord]

Why would we go from lush Ethiopia to desert Somalia, makes no sense.

Somalia, on the other hand, was not horrible. We once controlled the Indian commerce, and sand is useful in construction.

 

[Hamzza]

sudan? do you have any resources?

We are cushitic speakeing ethnic group, the origin of the cushites is in southern egypt northern sudan region.

 

[Hamzza]

Why would we go from lush Ethiopia to desert Somalia, makes no sense.

We obtained camels.
Camels are suited to desert regions

 

[Nomadic lord]

We are cushitic speakeing ethnic group, the origin of the cushites is in southern egypt northern sudan region.

we from egypt?

 

[Al-Ma'mun]

We are Cushites and have been in the Horn for atleast 5000 years which makes us indigenous although not as indigenous as the hunter-gatherers who preceded us

 

[Nomadic lord]

We are Cushites and have been in the Horn for atleast 5000 years which makes us indigenous although not as indigenous as the hunter-gatherers who preceded us

Who were the first Somalis, though? What location did they call home?

 

[Hamzza]

we from egypt?

We as cushites are from the border between egypt and sudan.
But somalis as ethnic group are from northern kenya close to the border with ethiopia.

 

[Nomadic lord]

We as cushites are from the border between egypt and sudan.
But somalis as ethnic group are from northern kenya close to the border with ethiopia.

I see thank you for all the help

 

[Al-Ma'mun]

Who were the first Somalis, though? What location did they call home?

Somalis branched off a common ancestor with the Maay people 1500 years ago

 

[Hamzza]

S

sudan? do you have any resources?

See above map