Halaba people
Appearance
The Halaba people (alternate spellings Allaaba or Alaba) also called K’abeena are an ethnic group inhabiting the central Ethiopian highlands.[1] Halaba are believed to be a subclan of the Hadiyya.[2] The Halaba claim to originate from the Arab cleric, Abadir who settled in Harar.[3] They are mostly Muslims but there are also some Christians. A map of the region from 1628 shows a Kingdom of Alaba.[4] They speak Alaba-Kʼabeena a member of the Highland East Cushitic language within the Afroasiatic family.
References
- ^ "Halaba in Ethiopia". Joshua Project. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ Braukämper, Ulrich (2012). A history of the Hadiyya in Southern Ethiopia. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 9783447068048.
- ^ "Ethno history of the Halaba people" (PDF). southtouristmeth. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia. Scarecrow Press. p. 34. ISBN 9780810874572.
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