Those claiming they are from arabia are misgiuded thats all.
It a proven fact that Somalis as a distinct racial group and speaking
a older version of todays dialects have been in existance since 1500BC
at least.
Anthropologists diffrenciate proto-somalis from Oromos and Afars our closest cousins.
as early as 1500 years before christ, let alone Arabs.
Earlier than that they trace the expansion of the cushtic tribes from the
Sahara/Sudan down to Ethiopia in the 3000 BC and as far south as tanzania, before the
much later immigration into the area of the bantus.
Saying all this i want to state that having an arab ancester as the father of your clan is a totaly different matter.
You are a somali and you know that people do keep a very accurate oral history of thier clans, and that they can grow to large numbers.
If my sub, sub , sub, sub,sub, sub clan can be in the 10,000 range
its not to difficult to believe the shiekh isaaq story.
Sawahilis as thier name states (saaxili) are the coastal inhabitants of east africa.
You cannot ignore the clear history of the cities of Malindi, Mobasa
kilwa and several others that have developed as a result of the extensive Indian ocean trade, and the racial mixing of Iranian(mostly Shirazi) and arab traders even before islam.
You ignore the historical signifigance of the memoirs of Ibn Battuta who has travelled into that area.
and the somalis demonstrating in Kenya in the 30's were not demonstrating to pay more taxes.
They had violent demonstration demanding a review of thier status
to be seen as Asian not african so as to get more rights.
As you know the british colonialists comprimised and awarded them a new
designation as non-native africans with the rights of asians not africans.
For example somalis did not have to shop or eat in Native only shops or resteraunts, and thats one of the main reasons for resentment against them by other africans.
