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 mo ...
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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 S ...
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 ...
.
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: ''Max-Planck-Institut für ethnologische Forschung'') is a scientific research institute founded in 1999 in Halle, Germany. It is one of the institutes of the Max Planck Society.
Organiz ...
'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
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