The Degoodi or Degodia (, ) is a
Somali clan
Somali clans (; ) are patrilineal kinship groups based on agnatic descent of the Somali people. Tradition and folklore connects the origin of the Somali population by language and way of life, and societal organisations, by customs, and by a fee ...
.
They are genealogically related to the other
Samaale
Samaale, also spelled Samali or Samale () is traditionally considered to be the common forefather of several major Somali clans and their respective sub-clans. His name is the source of the ethnonym ''Somali''..
As the purported ancestor of most ...
, but in particular to the Garjante, Gaalje'el, Garre, Masare, Isa (Saransor) and 'Awrmale, with which they share the same ancestor
Gardhere Samaale
Samaale, also spelled Samali or Samale () is traditionally considered to be the common forefather of several major Somali clans and their respective sub-clans. His name is the source of the ethnonym ''Somali''..
As the purported ancestor of most ...
.
History
When
Arthur Donaldson Smith 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
Dawa or Dawah may refer to:
Places
China
*Dawa, Jilin, in Ningjiang District, Songyuan
*Dawa County (大洼县), Panjin, Liaoning
*Dawa, Dawa County, Liaoning
*Dawa, Changtu County, Liaoning
*Dawa Chik, One Month in (Tibetan)
Other countrie ...
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'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
*
Gardheere
** Garjente
*** Adow
**** 'Owrmale
****
Garre
**** Saransoor
***** Degodia
*****
Gaaljeel
*****
Masaare
***** Isa
Notable people
*
Rahma Guliye, politician
References
Somali clans
Ethnic groups in Kenya
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