Boorana

This article is about East African ethnic group. For the South American sub-language, see Bora–Witoto languages.
Borana
Borana Oromo Child from Ethiopia (1960)
Regions with significant populations
874,000 Ethiopia, 276,236 Kenya[1]
Languages
Oromo[2]
Religion
Majority Sunni Islam with minorities of Christianity and Waaqeffanna[3][4][5][6][7]
Related ethnic groups
Barento Oromo[8]

The Boorana (also known as Borana)[9] are one of the two major subgroups of the Oromo people. A Cushitic ethnic group, they primarily inhabit the Borena Zone of the Oromia Region of Ethiopia and the former Eastern Province in northern Kenya, specifically Marsabit County.[10] They speak a distinct dialect of the Oromo language by the same name, Boorana.[10] The Boorana people are notable for practicing the Gadaa system without interruption.[11]

  1. ^ "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume IV: Distribution of Population by Socio-Economic Characteristics". Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji (Ethnologue)".
  3. ^ https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20230602102507/https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df0a18e4.html
  4. ^ "PeopleGroups.org - Borana of Kenya". peoplegroups.org.
  5. ^ 2007 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia
  6. ^ Aguilar, Mario (1996). "The Eagle as Messenger, Pilgrim and Voice: Divinatory Processes among the Waso Boorana of Kenya". Journal of Religion in Africa. 26 (Fasc. 1): 56–72. doi:10.1163/157006696X00352. JSTOR 1581894.
  7. ^ The Oromo of East Africa, Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Summer, 1956), pages 171-190
  8. ^ Sarah Tishkoff; et al. (2009). "The Genetic Structure and History of Africans and African Americans" (PDF). Science. 324 (5930): 1035–44. Bibcode:2009Sci...324.1035T. doi:10.1126/science.1172257. PMC 2947357. PMID 19407144. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  9. ^ Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World. Elsevier. 2010-04-06. ISBN 9780080877754. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  10. ^ a b Steven L. Danver (2015). Native Peoples of the World: An Encyclopedia of Groups, Cultures and Contemporary Issues. Routledge. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-1-317-46400-6.
  11. ^ "Borana Oromo in Ethiopia". Joshua Project. Retrieved 11 March 2024.