You lads give me too much credit. Just a hobbyist, really. Many of you have achieved what I always hoped to somewhat inspire with Anthromadness and have become quite knowledgeable, passionate and skillful around these subjects. A chap like
@The alchemist has in many ways far surpassed me, as far as I'm concerned. Somali and Horn studies, even the armchair sense, are in good hands, alhamdulillah. You lads make me feel at ease knowing this.
I think this is more what it is. I would be more inclined to think it is a deeply entrenched NS tradition that we Cushites inherited from our likely NS speaking roots (I'm of the opinion that much of our AEA ancestry is NS mediated) if this was being shown as a tradition among NS speakers like the Dinka, Anuak or Atuot in places like South Sudan but it appears to be showing up in groups we know are usually in some way influenced by Cushites in SE Africa.