Karayu

The Karayu (also Kerrayu, Karrayyuu) are an Oromo subgroup inhabiting the Awash Valley banks of Abadir and Merti area in central Ethiopia.[1] They are pastoralists.[2] Karayu neighbor the Afar and Argobba people.[3] Karayu claim they originate from the extinct Harla ethnic group.[4]

See also

• List of Oromo subgroups and clans

References

1. Gebre, Ayalew. Understanding the Dynamics of Land Transaction Practices in Agro-Pastoral Neighbourhoods of the Karrayu: The Cases of Abadir and Merti (PDF). p. 6.
2. Prunier, Gérard (2015). Understanding Contemporary Ethiopia. Oxford University Press. p. 30. ISBN 9781849042611.
3. Community-based Water Law and Water Resource Management Reform in Developing Countries. CABI. p. 152.
4. Mohammed, Ayantu. Mapping Historical Traces: Methogensis, Identity and the Representation of the Harela: A Historical and Anthropological Inquiry (PDF). Wollo University. p. 111.