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Kenya gained its independence in December 1963.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/dec-12-1963-kenya-gains-independence/comment-page-1/?_r=0 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314164122/https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/dec-12-1963-kenya-gains-independence/comment-page-1/?_r=0 |archive-date=2019-03-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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The Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) contains several records of land |
The Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) contains several records of land ownership. In the [https://books.google.com/books?id=g_EhCBjDyU4C&pg=RA1-PA1118&dq=Bajuni+Lands+Settlement&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiVvIH2yM3NAhUJQiYKHVCYDBYQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=Bajuni%20Lands%20Settlement&f=false official record of May 28 - Jul 4, 1974],<ref name="Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)">{{cite journal | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g_EhCBjDyU4C&q=Bajuni+Lands+Settlement&pg=RA1-PA1118 | title=The Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) |date= July 1974 |pages=1118}}</ref> clearly states the government has jurisdiction over the Bajuni tribal lands. |
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With the swift defeat of the Somali government in 1991 after it's failed attempt to wage war with Ethiopia, Bajuni people experienced gratitude to Kenyan governments for maintaining regional security and administration. |
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With the downfall of the Somali government in 1991, Bajuni people experienced abandonment by both the Somalia and Kenyan governments. The Bajuni refer to this period as "The Troubles".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.faculty.mun.ca/dnurse/Database/ |title=Derek Nurse | Bajuni Database |publisher=Faculty.mun.ca |date=2013-06-07 |access-date=2015-11-12}}</ref> This marginalization led Chairman of the Bajuni, Hon. Mohamed Ismail Barkale (Maxamed Ismaaciil Barkaale) to petition I.G.A.D. (Africa's Intergovernmental Authority on Development) for the lawful rights of the Bajuni people in December 2003, as documented at www.somalitalk.com.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.somaliatalk.com/2003/dec/4dec303.html |title=Somalitalk.com Online Community |publisher=Somaliatalk.com |date=2003-12-04 |access-date=2015-11-12}}</ref> Barkale was made a delegate to the 2003 Somali peace talks, see 193. Hon. Mohamed Ismail Barkale [[List of members of the Somali Transitional Federal Parliament]]. |
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Revision as of 08:48, 8 February 2022
Wabajuni | |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
 Kenya | 91,422[1] |
| Languages | |
| Kibajuni, Swahili | |
| Religion | |
| Islam Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Swahili, Benadiri and Comorians | |
The Bajuni people are an Bantu ethnic group mainly residing on the Bajuni Islands and surrounding coastal areas Mombasa area of Kenya.
Overview
The Bajuni principally inhabit the tiny Bajuni Islands in the Somali Sea. Many also traditionally reside in Kenya, mainly in Mombasa and other towns in that country's Coast Province.[2][3]
Bajuni Islands were the ancestral home of the Bajuni people,until the Somalis forcefully pushed out this community out during the political strife of 1991. This community grew crops, built ships, traded in the mainland and went fishing in the Indian Ocean. The enchanting region they called home comprises of six main islands and other smaller ones. The main ones are Chandra, Chovaye, Chula, Koyama, Ngumi and Darakasi.
Koyama has three villages while Chovaye has two. Presently, Chula Island has one inhabited village and it is said to have the largest population.
The islands stretch out from Kismayu to Kiwayu Island in Kenya. They are also known as the 500 Islands or Dundas Group. These land masses do not form a straight line. On the contrary, there is a southern and northern group. Settlement was on the islands facing the mainland because the land is fertile. Presently, there are only ruins of earlier settlements in a stretch off the mainland from Buri Kavo to Ras Kamboni.
This area was under the British rule before the First World War, but Italians took over later. The Bajuni people inhabited this area as early as from the 14th and 15th centuries.
Bajuni Islands are coral formations with vegetation over comprising of bushes, scrubs and palm trees. Most of the previous settlements are now ruins that explain a lot about the life of the Bajunis. Names of these islands and major villages in them have changed with time substituting Bajuni names for Swahili words.
History
Kenya gained its independence in December 1963.[4]
The Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) contains several records of land ownership. In the official record of May 28 - Jul 4, 1974,[5] clearly states the government has jurisdiction over the Bajuni tribal lands.
With the swift defeat of the Somali government in 1991 after it's failed attempt to wage war with Ethiopia, Bajuni people experienced gratitude to Kenyan governments for maintaining regional security and administration.
Language
The Bajuni people collectively refer to themselves and are known as Wabajuni. They speak Kibajuni, a dialect of the Bantu Swahili language.[3]
Notes
- ^ "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume IV: Distribution of Population by Socio-Economic Characteristics". Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ Abdullahi, p.11.
- ^ a b Mwakikagile, p.102.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-03-14. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "The Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)". July 1974: 1118.
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References
- Abdullahi, Mohamed Diriye (2001). Culture and customs of Somalia. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-31333-2.
- Mwakikagile, Godfrey (2007). Kenya: identity of a nation. New Africa Press. ISBN 978-0-9802587-9-0.
- Nurse, Derek; Thomas J. Hinnebusch; Gérard Philipson (1993). Swahili and Sabaki: a linguistic history. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-09775-0.
- "Trusteeship and Protectorate: The Road to Independence". U.S. Library of Congress. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- "Kenya Gains Independence". The Learning Network, The New York Times. Archived from the original on 14 March 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- Nurse, Derek (2011). "Bajuni: people, society, geography, history, language" (PDF). Memorial University. Open Publishing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2015..
- "War-1-3, December,Mbagathi,Nairobi. Beesha Baajuun oo ku dagaalantey in lagu" [War-1-3, December, Mbagathi, Nairobi. Community Baajuun in dagaalantey to] (in Somali). December 2003. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
