Also Known As:
Oromo (Waata), Sanya, Wasanye, Ariangulu, Langulo, Waata, Waat
Dialects & Varieties
Marginalisation of the Waata Oromo hunter-gatherers of Kenya: insider and outsider perspectives
Kassam, Aneesa and Ali Balla Bashuna. 2004. "Marginalisation of the Waata Oromo Hunter-gatherers of Kenya: Insider and Outsider Perspectives." In Africa, 74 , no. 2: 194-216.
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Ethnic or community population
<20,000
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Location and Context
Countries
Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia
Location Description
"[The Waata] live in scattered territorial groups along the Tana and Galana rivers and in the Taru Desert in eastern Kenya, on the Kenyan coast, in Isiolo and Marsabit districts in northern Kenya, and in parts of souther, central and western Ethiopia, as well as on the shores of Lake Tana. They may also extend into Tanzania."
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Oromo
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