Open AccessSettlement and clanship of Wolaitta in Omo River Valley of Ethiopia
Author(s) -
Abesha Shirko Lambebo,
Ratnakar Mohapatra
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of recent technology and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-3878
DOI - 10.35940/ijrte.c1113.1083s19
Subject(s) - clan , settlement (finance) , geography , archaeology , river valley , confusion , psychology , world wide web , computer science , psychoanalysis , payment , sociology , anthropology
The purpose of this article is to asses the settlement and clanship of Wolaitta in Omo River Valley of Ethiopia. The existing evidences do not indicate the settlement and clanship of Wolaitta in Omo River Valley of Ethiopia. The study was conducted through qualitative research method. Both primary and secondary sources were used. Based on the sources, the study proved that Dolla-Woyisha clan has been first born inhabitants of Wolaitta in Omo River Valley, and the study avoids confusion on the settlement and clanship of Wolaitta in Omo River Valley. Thus, early inhabitants known as Dolla-Woyisha clan has been assimilated with the immigrant clan of Tossa-Woyisha which led to the developments of settlement and clanship in Wolaitta. Finally, based on findings, the existence of early clan along with the domestication of crops such as uta (false banana), and Wolaitta-donuwa (Wolaitta-potato) and animals such as so-mehiya (cattle) proves the settlement and clanship of Wolaitta in Omo River Valley of Ethiopia.