Sena, Yemen

Not to be confused with the Sena dynasty, or Sanaa, the capital of Yemen.

Sena صناء 𐩮𐩬𐩱
Sana
Sena Location in Yemen
Coordinates: 16°5′25.9″N 49°39′19.48″E
Country	Yemen
Governorate	Hadhramaut

Sena, officially known as Sana, (Yemeni Arabic: صناء, IPA: [sˤɑnaːʔ]; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩱 ṣnʾ) is an ancient abandoned town in Yemen located in the remote eastern Hadramaut valley.^[1] This village is distinct from the similarly named capital of Yemen, Sana'a (Arabic), and the town of Sanāw in Oman.^[2]

The locality of Sena is frequently mentioned in the history of the Lemba people; who patrilineally primarily descend from Ancient Semitic traders who migrated to Africa and intermarried with Bantu women somewhere along the Swahili Coast, who then migrated both interolaterally and southwards into Southern Africa.^[3]

References

1. Preez, Max Du (2004). Of Warriors, Lovers, and Prophets: Unusual Stories from South Africa's Past. Zebra. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-86872-901-2.
2. Khatri, Vikas (2012). World Famous Treasures Lost and Found. Pustak Mahal. p. 214. ISBN 978-81-223-1274-4.
3. Soodyall, Himla (2013-10-11). "Lemba origins revisited: Tracing the ancestry of Y chromosomes in South African and Zimbabwean Lemba". South African Medical Journal. 103 (12): 1009. doi:10.7196/SAMJ.7297 (inactive 2024-11-10). ISSN 2078-5135.