1858-1922
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliezer_Ben-Yehuda#Biography
"TONGUE OF THE PROPHETS THE LIFE STORY OF ELIEZER BEN YEHUDA"
by ROBERT ST.JOHN
https://archive.org/stream/tongueoftheproph001031mbp#page/n16/mode/1up
Is it possible for the Nation of Poets to be Color blind?
Is there a Somali word for blue?
In Arabic the color blue is
أزرق ( 'azraq )
In Amharic the color blue is
ሰማያዊ (semayawī)
But Af-Soomaali doesn't appear to have a word for the color blue, one of the most basic colors.
Not only the...
Good find,:qri8gs7:
I haven't heard of any Somali connections with Madagascar before this, other than the name "Madagascar" possibly being derived from Mogadishu.
Nevertheless, here's some info I've recently found that somewhat delves into this topic...
The Cambridge History of Africa...
"These are the most important works upon the language..."
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http://pahar.in/bombay-geographical-society-1836-1868/
(check earlier volumes to learn about earlier interactions with...
"Cape Guardafui was known to the ancients under the name of Aromata..."
"...Egypt, as early as days the days of Sesostris, had extended her conquering arms far to the south of Cape Guardafui..."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Henry_Breasted :sass2:
Here are more recent texts...
Punt = Somali Coast
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Source:
A history of Egypt, from the earliest times to the Persian conquest:
By James Henry Breasted, Ph.D. - 1912
[Link]
Cape Guardafui belonged to Egypt not Ancient Ethiopia (a different civilization)
Source:
A geographical survey of Africa : its rivers, lakes, mountains, productions, states, populations
&c. with a map of an entirely new construction, to which is prefixed a letter to Lord John Russell regarding...
It is not often that the leader of a small city-state — in this case, Singapore — gets an international reputation. But no one deserved it more than Lee Kuan Yew, the founder of Singapore as an independent country in 1959, and its prime minister from 1959 to 1990. With his death, he leaves...
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VOL XI, 1892
https://archive.org/details/acollectiontrea01deptgoog
Treaties with Tajoura and Zeila are now categorized under "SOMALI COAST".
-More treaties, and engagements conducted with Somalis...
Source:
https://archive.org/details/collectionoftrea07aitcuoft
A Collection Of Treaties, Engagements, and Sunnuds relating to India and Neighbouring Countries.
Compiled by C. U. AITCHISON, B. C. S., Under-Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department.
VOL. VII., Published...
Below are some basic facts about Khat/Qat and it's Social/economical effects on Somali Society.
For more info, follow the link down below.
Source:
The Social Life of Things: Commodities in cultural perspective Edited by Arjun Appadurai
Chapter 8 - Qat: changes in the production and...
Ultimately, nobody knows for certain about the origins of the Somali people.
However, considering that the regions Somalis inhabit are most likely to have been the place where
The Land of Punt was located
First domestication of Camels occurred
And considering our Nomadic tribal lifestyle...
Cushitic is a term that was coined in the late 19th by linguists to group certain languages in Africa thought to be "related".
For some reason, the label has yet to be updated. For example, "Afro-Asiatic Languages" was once known as "Hamito-Semitic".
Somali people, according to archeology and...
This video is a tribute to our Afro-Asiatic Nomadic culture and Language.
The Nasheed is created by: عبدالرشيد محي الدين
and it's called: صومالي وافتخر
Enjoy!
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