The Degoodi or Degodia ( so, Degoodi or Degoodiya, ar, دغودي) is a

Somali clan The Somalis ( so, Soomaalida 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒆𐒖, ar, صوماليون) are an ethnic group native to the Horn of Africa who share a common ancestry, culture and history. The Lowland East Cushitic Somali language is the shared m ...

. They are genealogically related to the other

Samaale Samaale, also spelled Samali or Samale ( so, Samaale) is traditionally considered to be the oldest common forefather of several major Somali clans and their respective sub-clans. His name is the source of the ethnonym ''Somali''.. As the purported ...

, but in particular to the Garjante, Gaalje'el, Masare, Isa (Saransor) and 'Awrmale, with which they share the same ancestor

Gardhere Gardhere or Gardere or Garder ( Somali: ''Gardheere'', Arabic: جرذير ) also more commonly known as Gardhere Samale Bin Xill (Somali: ''Gardheere Samaale'') is the first born of Somali Bin Xill also Known as Samaale Bin Xill the Father of all ...

History

When

Arthur Donaldson Smith Arthur Donaldson Smith (1866–1939) was an American physician, hunter, and explorer of Africa. In the 1890s he made a geological expedition to Lake Rudolph (now Lake Turkana), passing through what was then Somaliland, southern Ethiopia and Kenya ...

traveled through what is now Bare woreda in 1895, he found that the Degodia were neighbors of the Majertein Afgab clan (whom they were at endless war with), their territory stretching east to the Weyib and

Dawa River The Dawa River ( so, Webiga Daawa) is found in East Africa, covering an area of, 58,961 km2. It flows through three major countries: Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia, with 81% falling into Ethiopian territory. It is known for its complex geologic ...

s. So far there are 12 Wabars who served the community: 1. Wabar Cuudow 2. Wabar Amiin 3. Wabar Ali 4. Wabar Omar 5. Wabar Caalin 6. Wabar Abdi 7. Wabar Omar 8. Wabar Ali 9. Wabar Hassan 10. Wabar Osman 11. Wabar Abdi 12. Wabar Abdille (incumbent)

Clan tree

The

Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology The Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology (German language, German: ''Max-Planck-Institut für ethnologische Forschung'') is a scientific research institute founded in 1999 in Halle (Saale), Halle, Germany. It is one of the institutes of ...

's ''Conflict analysis in Bakool and Bay, South-western Somalia'' (2004) shows the following clan tree for the Degoodi:Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany, Conflict analysis in Bakool and Bay, South-western Somalia https://www.eth.mpg.de/3709496/consultancy_report_mar_2004.pdf page 32/31 - Samaale * Gardere ** Garjente *** Riyole **** 'Owrmale **** Mantan ***** Saransur ****** Degodia ****** Gaalje'el ****** Massare ****** Isa

References

Somali clans Ethnic groups in Kenya {{kenya-stub