@Abba Sadacha What is the demographics of Dire Dawa? Give me an honest breakdown, I want to compare your finding with that of my friend. My friend who belongs to the Cisse clan has informed me that Somalis are still the majority, Gurgure make up the largest population in the countryside outside the city center. The community that controls the countryside surrounding the city, controls the city itself. The countryside is even named after their clan as it known as "Gurgura".
The Gurgure retained their Somali identity despite a massive campaign by your people to assimilate them. This is why I loathe the practice of farming in the Somali region especially in areas across the Oromo frontier, he informed me that Gurgure nomads that live near their Ciise cousins still speak Af-Somali while their brethren that took up farming in the last century or so often inter-marry with Oromos and most now speak the Oromo language. Despite all this, you've been unable to get them to join your community, they still acknowledge their Somali identity.
The Oromo methodology for assimilating communities and peoples is intermarriage in which then the only qualification to join your ethic group is that you speak the Oromo language. The Somali identity is based on patrilineal descent, we know how to identify our people.
Which is why I say we ban intermarriage with your community, for ethnic survival.
My last question is, why is your community hell bent on forcefully seizing Dire Dawa to bring the city under your kilil?
The Gurgure retained their Somali identity despite a massive campaign by your people to assimilate them. This is why I loathe the practice of farming in the Somali region especially in areas across the Oromo frontier, he informed me that Gurgure nomads that live near their Ciise cousins still speak Af-Somali while their brethren that took up farming in the last century or so often inter-marry with Oromos and most now speak the Oromo language. Despite all this, you've been unable to get them to join your community, they still acknowledge their Somali identity.
The Oromo methodology for assimilating communities and peoples is intermarriage in which then the only qualification to join your ethic group is that you speak the Oromo language. The Somali identity is based on patrilineal descent, we know how to identify our people.
Which is why I say we ban intermarriage with your community, for ethnic survival.
My last question is, why is your community hell bent on forcefully seizing Dire Dawa to bring the city under your kilil?