—__ ‘The People of the Horn of Africa Expectation eee Pupils will apy preciate that the peo ple of cultural and linguistic groups. They ai a e os Ot Aiea ae from four ‘i escribe the similarit Wrong the. aia similarities and di Pare groups. They will appreciate that their sina oe Sar as eee as their differences, Groups of people hai oneal of fert M le have move cin ile farming lands or pasture, while others travelled in the va Or interest in exploring foreign lands. Some have lived in the hor nm of Africa as long as history records. Others have come from distant lands and either displaced of integrated with earlier inhabitants. sear The countries of the horn of Africe umber of countries wi Horn of Africa consists of ni here different people live. 1.1 The Horn of Africa Countries A) Somaliland Somaliland is a country which Ethiopia in the west and south, ‘of Somaliland. Somaliland separated tr of Somaliland is estimated about 4 million. T The people of Somaliland are 100% ‘Sunni Musii eee ates in Egst Africa Gulf of Aden on the gah at Gulf of Ager outi in north east and So: occurs in east ‘om Somalia MAY 1991 The population hey originated Cushitic ethnically m. The official currency 's Oo—_— zed the country under protectoray, " ’ colon late ty r Great Banaue ‘pa city Wie 0 i of Africa. It shares border Kenya on the Som of in the in the north and the Indian Ocean accup he — of the population of Somalia is 7.5 million the pegn), the east ee they are 100% Sunni Muslim, the capital city is ethnically CUSE™ Mo. © ate dish, cea samah sig. te cul a : ome situates in the East Africa, Somaliland occurs in its so This cour uth ; 8 a ee oc ts nar eas, Red sea in the noth and Eth in the sayy ns west, and Gulf af occurs is on the east. The population of Djibouti is estimated about 872,932, They are Sunni Muslin The population mainly consists of two different communities — Afar and Somalis. French colonized it about ne century, The capital is Dilbouy, The official money is Djibouti Franc. 1D) Ethiopia Ethiopia is the most populated country in the horn and the Second in Africa The population of Ethiopia is estimated about Y41 million most of them ate Cushitic The country is landlocked, 33.9% are Muslim, Ethiopiais a multi country, there are many nations include Oromo, Ahmara and. shares a border with Somaliland, Somalia, Eritrea, Kenya, Djibouti and Sudan. Ethiopia and Liberia were never coloni: zed: the capital of Ethiopia is Addis Ababa and its official currency is birr ©) Eritrea Somalis, Ethionis thie NOpia Eritrea gained its independence from Ethigpia 24 May 1991. Eritrea shares border with Sudan on west, south east Djiboufi and east and north east the Red Sea. The population are estimated about 8.333 milion. 50% are Musi The ‘capital city is Asmara and the currency is called Nakta. F)Sudan ™— Sudan is the third largest country of Africa. The country that shares border with ‘Suga are; Ethiopia, Chad. Egypt Eritrea and (bya. The population of Sudanis estimated 37.96 million, Sudanese 2 Pound is the official currency of the country. ‘Sudan divided into northern and south Sudan gn 9th July 2011 Most Muslims Ive in the north while Mygst Christians live in the south. Capital of north Sudan Khart f ih i hartoum and Juba is the capital of south SudanCommen greup languages of the peapte af the horn ore 1. Cushitic languawe 2. Ranty language 2 Semitic languaa® 4 Nilotic languat A). The Cushene Sneuenes are a branch of the Afre-asiatic language. They ne Hom ot Africa such as Somaliland, Soratia, € spoken primarily in th Eritrea and byibautl, The word Is taken trom Cush who was qrandtativer Cushitic people, The most widely spoken Cushitic language i Oromo (ne all its variations) with about 35 million speakers, tollowed by Somali wth 18 million speakers and Sidamo with about three million speakers Cushitic speakers with about more one million speakers are Alar (1.5 miliary), Beja (1.2 million ), Somali is the only Cushitic official language for any ct And afar is recognized national language for Djibouti as well as the Mile (Sudan and Egypt), and parts of the African Great Lakes region (Tanzania: Kenya). B) Bantu language consists of more than 50 languages, it is spoken from to the horn of Africa. This includes Randi, Shone, Zulu and Swahili spoken in some area of Somalia and Kenya. €) Nilotic language -This consists of about100 languages mosth the valleys of Nile, northern Tanzania, Nigeria and Congo. The te oa communities that speak this language are Dinka and Nuer va D) Semitic -this is Afro Asiatic lar guage which consists of mor han 77 Si Afro Asiatic | hich ists, io F et Nearly 500 million people speak the different languages of Serinevs than une, pupils wl une thelt OWF FORUTERS UD Hy kg 7 thes that make each of these grouRs special How do Oy mate 98s How do they celebrate their cultures’? What food do they eat? What they speak? What religions do those people practing? How do ey ‘< after thew children and their okt poopie? How do they Colebrate the Oman % Allah gave thom? . Where do the people say they come from? What are the major occupations of the group?( are they herders, tormen traders, fishers folks?) What activities do girls engage in as they are growing up? What are boy's activates and responsibilities? What are the earliest for girls and boys? Are these changing? What are the men responsibilities? What are the women's responsibility? . What are the main foods your group eats? What are the central values that are important to the Society? braver, et wm w& cooperation, honesty, hard work, etc.) What language or languages do they speak? Can you excha | that language? Nge greetings