Shukureere

Shukurere (Somali: Shukureere Arabic:شكوريري) are a Benadiri/12 Koofi clan mainly from the southern coastal cities of; Marka[1][2] and Mogadishu.[3][4]

Shukureere شكوريري
Regions with significant populations
Benadir and Lower Shabelle
Languages
Aff Mahdoonte, Benadiri Somali, Somali and Arabic
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Reer faqi, Biido, Asharaf, Bravanese people, and other Benadiri people

Etymology

Shukurere derives from Shubto ku reer (Somali: Silence about origins)[1]

Overview

The Shukureere descend from a common ancestor called Shikey Aw Walaal. This group believe their forefather was picked up very young near a well by the Biimaal, for fear he pretended to be dumb. As an adult, Shiikey married a woman of the Raxanweyne clan from whom he had four children:[1]

gollark: Maybe it can run on GPUs, or some dedicated special-purpose hardware... we *must* make it repeat!
gollark: Possibly more, depending on how intensive each MT generation thing is.
gollark: So less than the age of the universe?
gollark: I mean, I think modern CPUs can do about a thousand times that.
gollark: A million bits per second, you say...

References
  1. Ahmed, Hassan. La Citta' di Marka, I Biimaal e il Dominio Sulla Costa Somala. p. 60.
  2. Adam, Anita. Benadiri People of Somalia with Particular Reference to the Reer Hamar of Mogadishu. p. 108.
  3. Adam, Anita. Benadiri People of Somalia with Particular Reference to the Reer Hamar of Mogadishu. p. 107.
  4. Adam, Anita. Benadiri People of Somalia with Particular Reference to the Reer Hamar of Mogadishu. p. 133.
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