Kwama pottery for fermenting sorghum paste and brewing beer.
The Kwama (also called Gwama and Komo), are a Nilo-Saharan-speaking community living in the Sudanese-Ethiopian borderland, mainly in the Mao-Komo special woreda of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region in Ethiopia. They belong, culturally and linguistically, to the Koman groups, which include neighboring communities such as the Uduk, Koma, and Opuuo. Although they traditionally occupied a larger territory, they have been forced to move to marginal, lowland areas by the Oromo from the 18th century onwards. In some villages Kwama, Oromo and Berta live together. The Kwama are often called "Mao" by other groups, especially by the Oromo. The people who live in the southern area and near the Sudanese borderland often call themselves "Gwama" and use the term "Kwama" to refer to those living further to the south and in Sudan. These other "Kwama" are usually known by anthropologists as Koma or Komo (Theis 1995). In recent years, many people belonging to this ethnic group have been resettled by the Ethiopian state in order to provide them with clinics and schools.
The Kwama (also called Gwama and Komo), are a Nilo-Saharan-speaking community living in the Sudanese-Ethiopian borderland, mainly in the Mao-Komo special...
Kwama may refer to: KwamapeopleKwama language This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kwama. If an internal link led you here...
borderland groups, such as the Gumuz people and the Kwamapeople in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia and the Mabaan people of Sudan, share a close similarity...
slave-merchants live here" who travelled to Leqa Naqamte and to the Kwamapeople to purchase slaves. He also mentions that "fine views are obtained at...
language, such as the Omotic-speaking Bambassi and the Nilo-Saharan-speaking Kwama in western Ethiopia. The Oromo followed their traditional religion, Waaqeffanna...
The Harari people (Harari: ጌይ ኡሱኣች Gēy Usuach, "People of the City") are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group which inhabits the Horn of Africa. Members of...
by 1970s Uduk people abandoned this method completely, Kwamapeople partially substituted it with bridewealth payments while Gumuz people still practised...
settling in Ifat. Argobba have historical links with Harari and Harla people. Argobba people consider the inhabitants of Doba their ancestors. After the collapse...
Slavery did not disappear in Ethiopia until the 1940s. Descendants of Gumuz people taken as slaves to the area just south of Welkite were found to still be...
Sudan)—about 20,000 speakers, most at a large refugee camp at Bonga, near Gambela Kwama (Ethiopia)—about 15,000 speakers, mainly in Benishangul-Gumuz Komo (Sudan)—about...
linguistically related to neighboring communities, such as the Gumuz and the Kwama from the Sudan-Ethiopia borderland. Due to the recent war in southern Sudan...
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Speaker in 1970. He was one of the first two people from Ukambani to receive a university degree. Kenneth Kwama (12 November 2013). "Fred Mati, the House...
Komo is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Kwama (Komo) people of Ethiopia, Sudan and South Sudan. It is a member of the Koman languages. The language...
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Director, Atul Shah". How We Made It in Africa. Retrieved 2 December 2014. Kwama, Kenneth (31 May 2011). "The Non-Quitter Who Founded Nakumatt Supermarkets"...
"Ten least known Kenyan women billionaires". People Daily. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020. Kwama, Kenneth (4 December 2013). "Success Story of...
15 February 2016. "Tom Mboya – Biography". Retrieved 15 February 2016. Kwama, Kenneth (1 October 2013). "Standard Digital News – Kenya : Tom Mboya- Kwame...
Africa Report.com. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023. pm, Joy Kwama on 25 January 2023-7:47. "Ruto Secures Ksh1 Trillion Deal in Senegal". Kenyans...
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example, Harari, Omotic-speaking Bambassi and the Nilo-Saharan-speaking Kwama in northwestern, eastern and south Oromia. Oromia is a major contributor...
generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its native people, it becomes an extinct language. UNESCO defines four levels of language...
(Opuuo, Opo) language, or Tʼapo, is a Koman language spoken by the Opo people of Ethiopia and South Sudan. It has a lexical similarity of 24% with Komo...
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