Tunni

Tunni (Somali: Tunni) or Shangamaas (Somali: Shan = five, Gamaas = spears) are confederacy of clans that are part of the larger confederacy Digil and Mirifile. It is one of the major clans that live in the South West State of Somalia and can also be found in Jubbaland.[1][2]

A Tunni Nomad

Overview

The Tunni clan split into 5 different groups hence the name Shangamaas. The 5 groups are: Daffarat, Werrile, Hajuuwa, Daqtiira and Goygaal,[3] each one of these groups are also confederacies made up of 4 different clans that come from varying backgrounds.[4] The Tunni clan depending on their origin speak their language Aff Tunni [2] or when native to the city Baraawe speak the local Bravenese language used in the city.

Geography

The Tunni clan can be split into 2 groups: agro-pastoralists who herd cattle, goats and sheep which can be found in towns and villages in Baraawe, Jilib and Dinsoor districts. The second group, are urbanites, which can be found in Baraawe city and other urban centres in southern Somalia.[5] In Piazza, 1905, the Tunni population was approximately 15,000 (both agro-pastarolists and urbanites), where the majority of Tunni's were found outside of Baraawe (approximately 13,000 outside the city and 2,100 inside the city).[6]

Clan Tree

According to Abdalla Omar Mansur's "The Nature of the Somali Clan System", the tunni group are split into 5 group which are further then split up into 4 clans from varying clans.

According to Colluci, 1924 the reer Hura are descendants of a man called Hura the son of Sharif Omar who is an Asharaf man who came from Medina some 10 generations ago (in 1924). The reer hamar also claim a banaadiri ancestry claim to have come to Baraawe during the times of Muzzafars Sultanate.[7] The reer Arweri claim to be descendants of the Tuf sub clan of Garre, aswell as the reer Madoowe and reer Matangalle.[7] The reer Boqolle clan claim to descend from the Wacdan clan and in this one of it members provide and an abtirisi (a list of paternal ancestors until the clan patriarch).[8]

  • Daud
    • Avo
      • Scego
        • Avo
          • Curi
            • Leso
              • Sahei
                • Ili
                  • Obo
                    • Ali
                      • Sciurri
                        • Obole
                          • Walili
                            • Dumal
                              • Muddoa
                                • Gavene
                                  • Boqolle (This is the name all members of this clan trace their ancestry to)
                                    • Mussa
                                      • Eliere
                                        • Heggio
                                          • Mohamed
                                            • Moldere
                                              • Wadan

See also

References
  1. "GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF SOMALI CLANS" (PDF).
  2. "Tunni in Somalia".
  3. "The Total Somali Clan Genealogy (second edition)" (PDF).
  4. Ahmed, Ali. The Invention of Somalia. p. 132.
  5. "Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada" (PDF).
  6. Piazza, Giovanni (1905). La Regione di Brava nel Brava. pp. 11 and 20.
  7. Colluci, Massimo. Principi di Diritto Consuetudniario Della Somalia Italiana Meridionale. pp. 108–110.
  8. Colluci, Massimo. Principi di Diritto Consuetudniario Della Somalia Italiana Meridionale. p. 32.
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