Did Somalis see themselves as a homogenous people before Islam

[Abdisamadi]

I’ve been reading into some Cushitic tribal lineages and I wonder if before Islam there was any tribes? What did people identify with for so long? If all abtiriis go to some Arabs what was before?

Also please refrain from any “ Waaq was a Muslim” pseudoscience, don’t have time for that

 

[Abdisamadi]

Also, I recommend this paper which argues while genetics say a population is homogenous it doesn't prove that people are descendants of a specific lineage, which was just done for some political purposes