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## Abstract: This article argues that historians will have a new understanding of northeast and east Africa if they recall the medieval meaning of the terms__Zanj__and__Ahabish__, or__Habasha__. Before the fifteenth century the term__Zanj__included the diverse populations of northeast Africa, so should not be exclusive of the populations of coastal east Africa. Likewise,__Habasha__or__Ahabish__was not confined to the peoples of the northern Horn but included the diverse peoples of coastal east Africa. Uncovering older meanings of__Zanj__and__Ahabish__helps to identify elusive groups of ancient northeast Africans referred to as northern__Zanj, Zanj-Ahabish, Ahabish__, and__Damadim__. For identification, this article presents three types of historical data overlooked in the sources. The first consists of the interchangeable names northern__Zanj__,__Damadim, Ahabish, Zanj-Ahabish__, and__Zanj ed-Damadim__to recast the term__Zanj__and identify the__Damadim__or__Yamyam.__The second is the broadly inclusive meaning before the fifteenth century of the term__Habasha__. The third is the reported eloquence in their__Buttaa__ceremony of the northern__Zanj__, and the institutional setting of t

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Author

Daniel Ayana

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Published

2019

Language

EN

Field

Social Sciences