Claim: The Kwama people, often called "Mao" by other groups, are a Nilo-Saharan-speaking community living in the Sudanese-Ethiopian borderland that traditionally occupied a larger territory, but have been forced to move to marginal, lowland areas by the Oromo from the 18th century onwards.
Evidence: The Kwama (also called Gwama and Komo), are a Nilo-Saharan-speaking community living in the Sudanese-Ethiopian borderland, mainly in the Mao-Komo special woreda of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region in Ethiopia. The Kwama are often called "Mao" by other groups, especially by the Oromo. Although they traditionally occupied a larger territory, they have been forced to move to marginal, lowland areas by the Oromo from the 18th century onwards.