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LEGAS

This article appears in Volume V16, Page 374 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: LAP-LEO
LEGAS , one of the Shangalla
group
  of tribes, regarded as among the purest types of the Galla race. They occupy the upper Yabus valley, S.W. Abyssinia, near the Sudan frontier. The Legas are physically distinct from the
Negro
  Shangalla. They are of very
light
  complexion, tall and thin, with narrow hollowcheeked faces, small heads and high foreheads. The chiefs' families are of more mixed blood, with perceptible
Negro
 
strain
 . The Legas are estimated to number upwards of a
hundred
  thousand, of whom some 20,000 are warriors. They are, however, a peaceful race,
kind
  to their
women
  and slaves, and energetic agriculturists. Formerly
independent
 , they came about 1900 under the sway of Abyssinia. The Legas are pagans, but Mahommedanism has gained many converts among them.


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