Why do Somalis have their own country, but Afars and Oromos don't?

[Amira]

We know Somalis are closely related to the Afars and Oromos, and since none of these three groups were apart of Abyssinia....then why are the Afars and Oromos a part of Ethiopia/Eritrea today, but the Somalis have their own separate country?
Why did the Somalis get to have their own country, but not the Oromos and Afars don't?

And what were the Somalis/Oromos/Afars doing during the time of the Aksum Kingdom? Were they all one people?

 

[I've spoken]

Admit you're xabashi and I'll answer all of your questions

 

[fardowsa]

And what were the Somalis/Oromos/Afars doing during the time of the Aksum Kingdom?

Indirect insult

 

[Amira]

Indirect insult

Lol how?
I know they weren't apart of Aksum, so I wanna know where they were during that time.

 

[daacad]

too many questions don't you think it's better to ask your habashi family this question than asking in a Somali forum with Somali users

 

[Ras]

During the Aksum period Somali's & our cousins had their own empires (Think it was called Ifat), The Afars were usually independent from the Somali's but the Muslim Oromos usually just followed us around.

The reason why we kept our own country is simply because of our location that encourage the build up of larger city states and empires (the port cities that led to trade with the world).

Oromos & Afars had less opportunities to build something similar so they had less of a historical or cultural imperative to stick together when being invaded by others.

Plus Somalis inhabit a large chunk of the horn so they'll end up being the majority regardless of how you cut up the region.

 

[DuctTape]

The Afars and Oromos are langaab and got swallowed whole and crushed under the boot of xabashi imperialism.

Somalis are notoriously stubborn, republican and had a formidable fighting force. We were on the upper hand militarily and industrially for most of our history. It would make no sense for us to be subjugated.

 

[fardowsa]

During the Aksum period Somali's & our cousins had their own empires (Think it was called Ifat), The Afars were usually independent from the Somali's but the Muslim Oromos usually just followed us around.

The reason why we kept our own country is simply because of our location that encourage the build up of larger city states and empires (the port cities that led to trade with the world).

Oromos & Afars had less opportunities to build something similar so they had less of a historical or cultural imperative to stick together when being invaded by others.

Plus Somalis inhabit a large chunk of the horn so they'll end up being the majority regardless of how you cut up the region.

Ifat was after Aksum, city states were before Ifat i believe

 

[Ras]

Ifat was after Aksum, city states were before Ifat i believe

True. History in the Horn isn't well recorded and they could be other larger states that were most likely pillaged and written of history in Ethiopia and Somalia. We're not even too sure about the start of Aksum since it originated in the Arabic peninsula under another name.

 

[Amira]

The Afars and Oromos are langaab and got swallowed whole and crushed under the boot of xabashi imperialism.

Somalis are notoriously stubborn, republican and had a formidable fighting force. We were on the upper hand militarily and industrially for most of our history. It would make no sense for us to be subjugated.

What's langaab mean?

 

[ሕጊ።።]

True. History in the Horn isn't well recorded and they could be other larger states that were most likely pillaged and written of history in Ethiopia and Somalia. We're not even too sure about the start of Aksum since it originated in the Arabic peninsula under another name.

Aksum originated in the Horn

 

[fardowsa]

What's langaab mean?

Exposed @Prince Abubu

 

[SOMALI GENERAL]

In Axum times, Somalis & other lowland cushites were nomads. The other Cushites were conquered & assimilated by the Axumites.

 

[Ras]

Somalis are notoriously stubborn, republican and had a formidable fighting force. We were on the upper hand militarily and industrially for most of our history. It would make no sense for us to be subjugated.

One of the main reason the British hated us and gifted the Somali Galbeed to Ethiopia after it took so embarrassingly long to subjugate all the tribes.

They even had to pull out their warplanes for the first time in Africa to get the Mad Mullah. No wonder they are still trying to torture us even to this day.

 

[DuctTape]

What's langaab mean?

Inferior

 

[Amira]

Aksum originated in the Horn

Also in Yemen

 

[ሕጊ።።]

Also in Yemen

Aksum did not originate in Yemen and Yemen was only part of it for a brief period of time.

 

[Ras]

Aksum originated in the Horn

Officially Aksum did start in Eritrea but it's a lot more complicated since it relates to the import of the Ge'ez language from South Arabia. The people who ruled Aksum were most likely from across the Red Sea so it could've been a continuation of an existing dynasty in Yemen.

 

[ሕጊ።።]

Officially Aksum did start in Eritrea but it's a lot more complicated since it relates to the import of the Ge'ez language from South Arabia. The people who ruled Aksum were most likely from across the Red Sea so it could've been a continuation of an existing dynasty in Yemen.

There is nowhere that says which country it started in and Ge'ez is not from South Arabia, only the alphabet is, this is common knowledge now and it was the kingdom following D'mt.

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[horumar]

Because colonialism, French, Italian, British and Ethiopian colonialism.