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Gabra
Gabra
Total population
c. 700,000
Regions with significant populations
Gabra people Ethiopia520,010 (2007)[1]
Gabra people Kenya141,200 (2019)[2]
Languages
Oromo
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Oromo • Rendille • other Cushitic peoples

The Gabra (Oromo: Gabraa) are a Cushitic ethnic group who mainly inhabit the Moyale and Marsabit regions of northern Kenya and the highlands of southern Ethiopia. They are closely related to the wider Oromo people and practice Islam as their religion.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

  1. ^ Gordon Jr., Raymond G., ed. (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth Edition. Dallas: SIL International. ISBN 978-1-55671-159-6.
  2. ^ "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume IV: Distribution of Population by Socio-Economic Characteristics". Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  3. ^ Tablino, Paolo (1999). The Gabra: Camel Nomads of Northern Kenya. Paulines Publications Africa. ISBN 978-9966-21-438-6.
  4. ^ Wairimu, Nderitu, Alice (2018-12-14). Beyond Ethnicism: Exploring Racial and Ethnic Diversity for Educators. Mdahalo Bridging Divides. ISBN 978-9966-1903-0-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Whittaker, Hannah (2014-10-13). Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Kenya: A Social History of the Shifta Conflict, c. 1963-1968. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-28308-4.
  6. ^ Schlee, Günther; Shongolo, Abdullahi A. (2012). Islam & Ethnicity in Northern Kenya & Southern Ethiopia. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84701-046-9.
  7. ^ Feyissa, Dereje; Hoehne, Markus V.; Höhne, Markus Virgil (2010). Borders & Borderlands as Resources in the Horn of Africa. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-1-84701-018-6.
  8. ^ Kefale, Asnake (2013-07-31). Federalism and Ethnic Conflict in Ethiopia: A Comparative Regional Study. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-01798-9.

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