Alaba Woman with Child
Who are the Alaba?
To be quite honest, it was almost impossible to determine who these people are. My guide told me they are the Adama people and one of my flickr contacts also refers to them by this name, but I could not find a single reference, including online, on the Adama. There is, however, scant information on the Alaba people, which, based on their distinctive dwellings and other features, are clearly one and the same.
The Alaba constitute 1.35% of the tribal peoples of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's Region (SNNPR) with a population of approximately 125k. Their home is in the Great Rift Valley, in a part of the SNNRP that is considerably north of the Omo Valley. Their language belongs to the Eastern Highland branch of Cushitic languages and they are mostly Muslim.
Somewhere on the road between Shashemene and Sodo, Ethiopia
Alaba Woman with Child
Who are the Alaba?
To be quite honest, it was almost impossible to determine who these people are. My guide told me they are the Adama people and one of my flickr contacts also refers to them by this name, but I could not find a single reference, including online, on the Adama. There is, however, scant information on the Alaba people, which, based on their distinctive dwellings and other features, are clearly one and the same.
The Alaba constitute 1.35% of the tribal peoples of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's Region (SNNPR) with a population of approximately 125k. Their home is in the Great Rift Valley, in a part of the SNNRP that is considerably north of the Omo Valley. Their language belongs to the Eastern Highland branch of Cushitic languages and they are mostly Muslim.
Somewhere on the road between Shashemene and Sodo, Ethiopia