Karrayyu

The Karrayyu (also Kerrayu, Karrayyuu) are an Oromo clan inhabiting the Awash Valley banks of Abadir and Merti area in central Ethiopia.^[1] They are pastoralists.^[2] Karrayyu neighbor the Afar and Argobba people.^[3] It is believed the extinct Harla ethnicity were assimilated into Karrayyu Oromo in eastern Shewa.^[4][5][6]

Overview

The Karrayyu are known to have migrated to Metehara the capital of the Harla Kingdom.^[7][8]

The Karrayyu inhabit the Afar Region, Oromia, Somali Region.^[7]

See also

• List of Oromo subgroups and clans

References

1. Gebre, Ayalew. Understanding the Dynamics of Land Transaction Practices in Agro-Pastoral Neighbourhoods of the Karrayu: The Cases of Abadir and Merti (PDF). p. 6.
2. Prunier, Gérard (2015). Understanding Contemporary Ethiopia. Oxford University Press. p. 30. ISBN 9781849042611.
3. Community-based Water Law and Water Resource Management Reform in Developing Countries. CABI. 2007. p. 152. ISBN 9781845933272.
4. Braukamper, Ulrich (2002). Islamic History and Culture in Southern Ethiopia Collected Essays. LitVerlag. p. 17. ISBN 978-3-8258-5671-7.
5. Mohammed, Ayantu. Mapping Historical Traces: Methogensis, Identity and the Representation of the Harela: A Historical and Anthropological Inquiry (PDF). Wollo University. p. 111.
6. Harla. Encyclopedia Aethiopica.
7. Salih, Mohamed Abdel Rahim M.; Dietz, Ton; Ahmad, Abdel Ghaffar Muhammad, eds. (20 July 2001). African pastoralism: conflict and institutions and government. Pluto Press. p. 83. ISBN 9780745317878.
8. Brakumper. 2002. p. 18.