Warjih people
(Redirected from
Werji people
)The Warjih (
Amharic: ወርጂ, Somali: Warjeex [wɔrdʒi]), also known as Wargar[2] are an ethnic group inhabiting Ethiopia.[3]
History
According to the Warjih, their forefathers have two separate origins, one ancestor emerging from
Shewa
Demographics
The Warjih historically populated an area in south-eastern Ethiopia within what is now
Wollo. Some have settled in major cities within these former provinces, most prominently in Addis Ababa and Kemise
. Due to their longstanding livelihoods as merchants, members of the Warjih community can be found transiently in cities all across Ethiopia
According to the 2007 Ethiopian census carried out by the
Central Statistical Agency, the Warjih population numbered 13,232 individuals.[1]
Language
The Warjih today primarily speak
Amharic or Oromo
as their mother tongue, although this order of primacy may be vice versa depending on where a person lives.
Politics
Prior to the 2010 Ethiopian general election, the current Ethiopian regime approved the creation of the Tigri Worgi Nationality Democratic Organization, which represents a minority of the tribe.[citation needed]
See also
- Wargar, clan once inhabiting Adal
Notes
- ^ a b "Census 2007", Hudson, Table 3.
- ^ a b Warjih. Encyclopedia Aethiopica.
- ^ Annual Conference Proceedings Volume 1. Provisional Council for the Social Sciences in East Africa. p. 4.
- ISBN 9781136280900.
- S2CID 131898465.
- ^ Hassan, Mohammed. Oromo of Ethiopia 1500 (PDF). University of London. p. 21.
References
- Grover Hudson, "Linguistic Analysis of the 1994 Ethiopian Census", Northeast African Studies, Volume 6, Number 3, 1999 (New Series), pp. 89 – 107.
- Pankhurst, Richard K.P. The Ethiopian Royal Chronicles. Addis Ababa: Oxford University Press, Inc., 1967
- Pankhurst, Borderlands, p. 79.