To allow us to provide a better and more tailored experience please click "OK". Sign Up. Travel Guides. Videos Beyond Hollywood Hungerlust Pioneers of love. A Brief Guide to Barawa. Luke Bradshaw. Political status:. Give us feedback. Read Next View. Akasu Bed and Breakfast. Hotel de la Licorne. In the early modern period, Barawa was ruled by the Geledi Sultanate.
Eventually, in , Barawa was ceded to the control of the Italians when the Geledi Sultanate was forced to agree to the annexation of all the Banadir ports to the Italian Company already established in the Horn of Africa after the death of the last Sultan Osman Ahmed in But still, the Italians faced stiff resistance from many parts of the Banadir coast, and its inland regions and the trade of the Somali merchants would remain unchallenged for years to come.
Sheikh Uways al-Barawi organised an Ikhwaan and led the Banadir revolt, which was duly crushed in In , Al-Shabaab militants seized control of Barawa. Barawa has a population of around 32, inhabitants. The town's majority inhabitants are the Tunni clan who are the traditional owners of this town and is also inhabited by a minority of the Bravanese.
Lee V. Cassanelli, The shaping of Somali society: reconstructing the history of a pastoral people, , University of Pennsylvania Press: , p. Dreyer, Edward L.
New York: Pearson Longman. ISBN Roberts The Sheikh subsequently migrated to Biyoley to reorganize his Ikhwan, but was killed in The academic also provided the following information about risks faced by the Bravanese:. Traditionally, Bravanese had no problems with any Somali tribes.
They lived peacefully with all Somalis regardless of their regions or political affiliation. When civil war started, the settlers and their fellow tribesmen caused all sorts of problems to the native Bravanese. The Bravanese never took [up arms] to fight them [and] never formed any group or faction to fight. To date the Bravanese have not taken sides in the civil war. This was at [the] price of being treated as enemy to each side [that] occupied Brava.
In partial corroboration, MRG writes that, during the post civil wars, the Benadiri, many of whom were wealthy merchants, did not form an armed militia for protection and lost their "privileged status" Oct. Those who remained in the country reportedly paid clan militias or "privately employed gunmen" for armed protection MRG Oct. In a telephone interview with a UK-based researcher, former prime minister of Somalia Abdirazak Haji Hussen stated that the Bravanese people are among the groups that "in particular have suffered large scale violence and discrimination, expropriation of their assets, and other serious human rights violations in the hands of Somali clans in the recent civil wars" Mohamoud Feb.
According to the academic, "during the whole civil war in Somalia, Brava has never been in the hands of Bravanese, but [rather] Hawiye factions, Darood factions, [and currently] Al-Shabab" 15 Nov. MRG reports that Benadiris, particularly Bravanese, are targeted by Al-Shabaab because of their "customary faith-related practices" Oct. That organization indicates that, in March and April , Al-Shabaab "executed a number of cultural attacks" in Brava, destroying Bravanese tombs, closing mosques, stopping prayers, and detaining Sheikhs MRG May This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints.
This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim for refugee protection. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request. December Dalsan Radio. May October Martin Hill.
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