Location: Eritrea, Africa
Language: Kunama, a member of the Nilo-Saharan languages
Daily Life: The land the Kunama live in has mountains, savannah, and thorn trees. As agriculturalists they produce sorghum, millet, and sesame. They also practice animal husbandry and raise cattle, sheep, goats, donkeys, and chickens. The traditional religion is Islam.
Though this page has been carefully researched, the author does not claim expertise on the Kunama.
Please send questions, comments, and corrections to emuseum@mnsu.edu and include the URL.
If you are Kunama, your feedback is much appreciated.
Sources:
Lionel M. Bender: Southern Illinois University http://home.t-online.de/home/LINCOM.EUROPA/0727.htm
Rude, John. New Words, Old Ways http://www.christusrex.org/www1/pater/JPN-kunama.html
http://www.sil.org/ethnologue/countries/Erit.html#KUM
Written by: Aaron Schlingmann