Fasahale (Somali: Fasahaale Arabic:فصحالي) more commonly known as Kafaari are a Benadiri/12 Koofi clan mainly from the southern coastal city of Marka.[1]
Regions with significant populations | |
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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 |
Overview
editThe Kafaari have specialised in the manufacture of iron and have their huts-workshops to the east of the city, near the fish market. The young people of the clan prefer to become drivers or mechanics, only a few elderly people continue the art of blacksmiths.[1] According to Pantano (1910: 15) The Kafaari are a fraction of the Sa'ad (Biimaal) and have been in Marka for 250 years[2]