Hi there! Q and A for NOOBS who dont know reer Baraawe or Wantu wa Miini (Mjini in Swahili)
My first post
Are Bravanese ethnically Somalis?
Is Somalia ethnic or a name of a country? if you mean Somalis by representing the blue flag with the star in the middle then yes WE are Somalians since we are located there so our country called Somalia , just very close to Lamu ( ancient Swahili lands now Kenya ), but if you mean are we related to Habar Gidir, Abgaal, Darood, Isaaq, etc etc... then the answer its simply NO NO NO NO, these are clans that are originally migrated to the south due to uncontrolled border and multiculturalism , and WE are not all related, but we are from one country and the name arrived only 300 - 400 years ago.
Should they claim to be Somalians through blood
If they father or mother is Habar bla bla bla then yes but they cannot represent the majority and claim all of us are related to them which is wrong since people married and have children from who ever they want and yes many are mixed but lets keep mixed out of this.
If their town located in Somalia then they should say they are Somalis.
Why is that? Do Swahilis in Mombassa or Lamu or any coaster claim to be Masaaya or Giryama or any Negroid tribe ? NO but they are proud of being from Kenya.
Beside that name appeared only 300 to 400 years ago why should people change it becouse some one drew a new map and chopped east African in peaces. Look at the old map you can see Bava but not Somalia.
Bravanese are Somalians I dont care keep claim you are Arab.
I am personally from Brava ( so I always say I am from Somalia or reer Baraawe to my somalian brothers) I never or will never claim to be something I am not neither I advice that to anyone from my country, we can urge our ancienter are originally from Arab or Persians but if you look at the oldest African map that dated 15th to 18th century you will see the name of the Horn Of Africa (South Somali from Moga'd shah to Mossa Bin Bek AKA ''Mozambique" ) once upon a time called Zang wa Bar ( means Land of the Zing ) Zing means Negro in my Braveness language and "Bar" mean Sea as in BAHR in Arabic or Bravanese/Swahili/Bajuni, so the people were Arab and the language was Arabic Bantu ( Swahili/Bravanese/Bajuni ) and they culture were Omani / Yemeni so not only in Baraawa but the whole Swahili Lands that once was a great Civilization in east Africa until the Portuguese become so greedy and drew that map we have today for his own interest.
What language do Bravanese speaks?
Its called Af Baraawe ( WE actually call it chi mwiini in Swahili means "ki mjiini" )
its 100% ancient Swahili that once was spoken everywhere in the South of Horne of Africa and still spoken to this date in Lamu, Pate, Siyu, Manda, Zanzibar, Mombassa , Bajuni Island, and Baraawe.
Zing? then you guys are Bantus? so you are Negros too?
Being or related to Zings its not a crime its something make someone proud brother and sister.
Yes we are related to them as many years past by and Arabs had power over negroid in east Africa ( slave trade business as our Ancestors main job ) you think sex was hard from and Arab male to eastern African female slave? lol it was 4 women slave per male, , but then I am so proud we created a Civilization/Languege called Swahilis we are proud of being mixed with many blood include Himayat DNA (Somalians).
The funny things are that if you guys accepted reer Xamar or reer Baraawe and all Benadiri and Swahilis that they are Somalians then why the Bantus are not Somalis too? do you hate them because they have a large nose and kinky hair? whata pathetic people you are and I am ashamed of my Somali brothers and sisters to accept some and deny some because of skin color or hair quality lol.
Salaamu aleekum akhyaarta...
