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Four girls in headscarves stand in line holding metal bowls and pots, waiting for food aid at a distribution center in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Issa carved wooden milk pot

Thematic map of East Africa displaying major cultural and linguistic regions, with areas shaded for Bantu, Cushitic, and Nilotic language groups. Red lines mark cultural region boundaries and rift areas, with numbered labels identifying specific ethnic groups and languages across countries including Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, and parts of neighboring nations.

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Isaaq Hawiye Dir Daarood Ha Luguru Nsenga Toro Karimojong Turkana Maasai Luvale Kipsikis Ngoni

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Aḥmad Grāñ

Aḥmad Grāñ

Somalian Muslim leader

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Sayyid Maxamed Cabdulle Xasan

Somalian leader