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I have crudely painted this map before, but I put about 40 minutes of effort into cleaning it up. It should be useful for anyone interested in learning the geography of Somali clans. There are some small mistakes and parts of it are not up to date, but it is roughly accurate. This is the base...

The Xabashi perspective of the later stages of the Adal conflict with the death of Imam Ahmad and the later subsequent fighting between Negus Galawdewos and Nur Ibn Mujahid (Master of the 2nd Conquest) translated by Dr. Solomon Gebreyes...

These people descend from Somalis? I've never heard about any interaction between Somalis and Madagascans. Antemoro people

I'll give it to him, his knowledge of the bare basics has improved, quite a lot actually. His genetic knowledge of the place likewise has improved What are your thoughts on this?

Aden Adde taking oath of office Aden Adde official portrait The President's motorcade

Phillipe Paulitschke was a French explorer who visited the Waqooyi and continued to Harar in the 1880s. Here's the link Zeylac An Cisse Dir Geeljire at a well The Emir of Harar Abdallah Ibn Ali Abdishakur Harari citizen Zeyla looking towards the northern coast Cisse Ugaas Rooble...

Post photos like these that have meanings to it. Djiboutians striving for independence. No to General de Gaulle Freedom or Death

The most popular hypothesis is that it arrived via South Arabians due to proximity and archeological findings in Somaliland showing the remains of South Semitic peoples. However, I think maybe the progenitor of the T-haplogroup Somalis might've come from North Arabian speaking populations: 1)...

There was a kingdom called Sam’al in ancient turkey, the language they spoke was called samalian and that was what the people were called too. Eventually it was taken over by the Neo-Assyrian empire. Coincidence :cosbyhmm: what do you think? Who are these high IQ imposters:wtf...

I was poking around looking for old Chinese handwriting and I ended up stumbling on this manuscript called "The Guide to Astronomy" You can find and download this and other texts here for free :icon e smile: https://www.wdl.org/en/item/11430/

watch how much we fallen wallahi

Too much drip :obama:

I’ve come across one of the works of Faarax Cawl, a somali writer. He was known for being the first somali novelist to use the Latin script after it was introduced in 1972. His work i’ve come across is called Garbaduubkii Gumeysiga (the shackles of colonialism) Cawl was reportedly killed in...

As a side thing, I love digging into old and ancient Somali history, as well as other east African countries. There's many things I found that I bet were never mentioned in here haha. I feel a lot of things have been forgotten and corrupted too. :dzmxmmb:

WARNING: this may shock you.

Divine Fertility: The Continuity in Transformation of an Ideology of Sacred Kinship in Northeast Africa (UCL Institute of Archaeology Publications) This book uniquely explores the impact of indigenous ideology and thought on everyday life in Northeast Africa. Furthermore, in highlighting the...

UNLESS THEY WERE COONS :drakelaugh: I quote British colonial record https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1910-04-07/debates/351434a9-3ab5-425b-be65-7872a4b4749b/Somaliland(DefenceOfNatives) Countries that agreed to not selling weapons to Africa Austria-Hungary Belgium Congo Free State...

A spin of thread of my Ottomon-Arab-Brittish thread. https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1910-04-28/debates/b64785e2-2841-49af-b94c-b6106c49a537/Somaliland?highlight=somali#contribution-4f63d5b2-c40f-4673-a861-a48ef2ca3fa0

I can’t find this book anywhere it’s like it disappeared any got a PDF link?