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The Borana are an East Africa n ethnic group located in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia . They are a nomadic people, but recently some of them started to take up agriculture. The Borana are one of the most ancient sections of the Oromo people, and represent one of the two halves of the original Oromos (the other half being the Barentu ).

Borana, or ''afaani Boraana'', is the ( Cushitic ) language of the Borana people.


TRIVIA

One of the tribes in '''', the third season of the '' Survivor '' television series, was named "Boran" in honor of the Borana (the other tribe being " Samburu ").


FURTHER READING


  • Asmarom Legesse ''Gada''

  • Beckingham and G.W.B. Huntingford ''Some records of Ethiopia'' Hakluyt Society, 1954

  • Bassi Marco, ''Decisions in the Shade. Political and juridical processes among the Oromo-Borana'' Red Sea Press, 2005