State five economic activities of the Somalia during the precolonial period

Question

State five economic activities of the Somali during the precolonial period

Answer 1

• The Somali were hunters and gathers. They hunted wild game for food and gathered fruits and roots and vegetables.
• They basically practiced nomadic Pastoralism. They kept cattle, goats, camel and sheep.Their diet was mainly milk, meat and blood.
• They traded with their neighbours to get what they could not produce e.g. the Pokomo and the Mijikenda from whom they acquired grains.
• A section of the Somali practiced iron smelting and made iron tools e.g. swords, knives, bangles and arrow heads.
• They also engaged in craft industry e.g. production of leather items such as handbags, belts etc. Such craft activities were despised among the Somali and were associated with a group whom they referred to as Sab (outcasts).

Answer 2

Kept animals