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Wardey
Regions with significant populations
Tana River, Kenya and Jubbaland,Somalia
Languages
Somali
Religion
Islam (Sunni)
Wardey is a Somali clan who currently associated with the Dir clan family specifically the Madahweyne sub-clan. They are found in southern Somalia (Lower Jubba) and eastern Kenya,[1] mostly along the Tana River. The Wardey are a pastoralist community. Mostly they live in Tana River County alongside Orma communities. They speak the Somali language and practice Islam.
^Leon A. Bennun; Rashid A. Aman; S. A. Crafter (1995). Conservation of biodiversity in Africa: local initiatives and institutional roles : proceedings of the conference held at the National Museums of Kenya, 30 August-3 September, 1992. Centre for Biodiversity, National Museums of Kenya. p. 306.
Wardey is a Somali clan who currently associated with the Dir clan family specifically the Madahweyne sub-clan. They are found in southern Somalia (Lower...
the “Wardey” due to a small pox disease. By 1865 thousands of Wardeys had been killed by the disease. In 1867 the Somalis had called the Wardey for a...
ethnic groups are the Orma,Wardey and pokomo, Orma being the largest ethnic community. The minority group are the Wardey people. The pokomo are traditionally...
Flax. Flax mills in New Zealand A. J. Wardey, The linen trade: ancient and modern (1864; repr. 1967), 690–92 Wardey, 692 and passim. W. English, The Textile...
ethnic groups are the Pokomo, many of whom are farmers, and the Orma and Wardey, who are predominantly nomadic. The district is generally dry and prone...
River, into which the country was occupied by the Wardey, who were a "suffara" (Somali) tribe. The Wardey were driven out and went south-east towards Aji...
Operations: southern Somalia Tribal Affiliation: Ogaden (SPM 'Ogadeni') and Wardey (known as SPM 'Harti') Founded: 1989 Begun by a group of disaffected Ogadeni...
bank. These zones were known as Khad Tunni and Khad Gala (Tunni limit and Wardey limit). The land was also divided into three sections. One portion for the...
Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (B2 ed.), 2007, ISBN 0-319-22980-7 A. J. Wardey, The linen trade: ancient and modern (1864; repr. 1967), 458 511 689–91...
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