Are there native Black people in Yemen and Oman?

<h3>Are there native Black people in Yemen and Oman?</h3>

There is something like 'South Arabian tribes'.
They are not really closely related to Arabs, more to Ethiopians.
They speak their own language,



Bathari

Harsusi

Hobyót

Mehri

Shehri

Soqotri

My question is, are they black like Ethiopians?
Or only some?
Did they came from Africa long time ago, or were they always living in Yemen and Oman?


<strong>Oman best answer:</strong>
<p><i>Answer by Mjinga</i><br/>These people have been living in the southern part of Arabia for a few thousand years. Some of them claim to be the original Arabs.

It is unlikely they are connected in anyway to the Ethiopians. Certainly there are some East African genes in Southern Arabia, from the extensive slave trade that Oman conducted within Africa. Likewise there is a connection to both India, Somalia and Iran - however the vast majority of these people are Arabs, just darker skinned, but genetically they are as much Arab as the people of Saudi Arabia.</p>
<p><strong>2011-11-28 Oman</strong>
<img alt="Oman" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6044/6429250847_c6bc69f5f5.jpg" width="400"/><br/>
<i>Image by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69441931@N00/6429250847">whsaito</a></i>
Oman - Speaking at the Opera House for the Aspen Institute event</p>

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