One of my co-workers suprised me today

CaliTedesse said:

I was talking to one of my co-workers who is part of the real estate department at where I work. War ninka wuu iga yaabiyey wallahi billahi. He asked me where my roots lie. I said Somalia and Djibouti. I started explaining that Somalis live multiple countries Kenya Ethio Somalia, Djib etc. When I reached Djibouti, He randomly started to tell me how that slaves used to get shipped from that area he pointed to Djibouti all the way to America. Wallahi billahi if I am making up that he said that Illaahow curse me. I have no clue even if it's true but because I know Oromo slaves were also shipped to South Africa I mean it's pretty possible that some reached America in my honest opinion. So I agreed.This man is well versed in history. I was suprised when he said that, because normally Cadaan people view me as a Madow. Since I am African etc. You know dark skin etc and from Africa waa Afrikaan in their eyes yacni maddow, but this man was different. I felt a bit exposed when he mentioned that past. Crazy wallahi like @Armadillo says I was gobsmacked walle bille abihiis wasaha.

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CaliTedesse said:

I was talking to one of my co-workers who is part of the real estate department at where I work. War ninka wuu iga yaabiyey wallahi billahi. He asked me where my roots lie. I said Somalia and Djibouti. I started explaining that Somalis live multiple countries Kenya Ethio Somalia, Djib etc. When I reached Djibouti, He randomly started to tell me how that slaves used to get shipped from that area he pointed to Djibouti all the way to America. Wallahi billahi if I am making up that he said that Illaahow curse me. I have no clue even if it's true but because I know Oromo slaves were also shipped to South Africa I mean it's pretty possible that some reached America in my honest opinion. So I agreed.This man is well versed in history. I was suprised when he said that, because normally Cadaan people view me as a Madow. Since I am African etc. You know dark skin etc and from Africa waa Afrikaan in their eyes yacni maddow, but this man was different. I felt a bit exposed when he mentioned that past. Crazy wallahi like @Armadillo says I was gobsmacked walle bille abihiis wasaha.

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CaliTedesse said:

Many Somali ports dealt in slaves, Djibouti, Zeila, Bender Qasim, Xafun, Mogadishu, Merka, Kismayo and Barawe. etc.

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Jaydaan said:

Would be pretty disappointing if it turned out they were shipped from.Djibouti and not somalia. Its the part of our history I love the most. I always told my self my great great great grandpa was a major Madow dealer

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CaliTedesse said:

He randomly started to tell me how that slaves used to get shipped from that area he pointed to Djibouti all the way to America.

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CaliTedesse said:

No hè didn't mean it like that he meant the Arabs there sent slaves to America he can distinguish Somalis he thinks we are Arabs btw. He even said you can distinguish Somali women easy with their face it's so mushy in Dutch he said bol which means round which is true you know those naago with their Hijab and round cheeks wallahi I was surprised abihiis wasaha

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Apollo said:

Then you should have called him an Islamophobic Orientalist bigot.

White people hate being called racist, it is their kryptonite. They will do anything not to be considered one.

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Molotoff said:

Not all white people. Have you been to Eastern Europe? Political correctness doesn't exist there at all.

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Apollo said:

Then you should have called him an Islamophobic Orientalist bigot.

White people hate being called racist, it is their kryptonite. They will do anything not to be considered one.

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SirLancelLord said:

Zeila was trading slaves till the mid 1800s, as one of the stipulations to allow the Somalia to trade with the British in Aden & assist in getting rid of the Egyptian ottomans was to stop the slave trade happening in zeila.

If you would like about 6 pages of accounts from a journal I can post here if needed pretty interesting read

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CaliTedesse said:

I was talking to one of my co-workers who is part of the real estate department at where I work. War ninka wuu iga yaabiyey wallahi billahi. He asked me where my roots lie. I said Somalia and Djibouti. I started explaining that Somalis live multiple countries Kenya Ethio Somalia, Djib etc. When I reached Djibouti, He randomly started to tell me how that slaves used to get shipped from that area he pointed to Djibouti all the way to America. Wallahi billahi if I am making up that he said that Illaahow curse me. I have no clue even if it's true but because I know Oromo slaves were also shipped to South Africa I mean it's pretty possible that some reached America in my honest opinion. So I agreed.This man is well versed in history. I was suprised when he said that, because normally Cadaan people view me as a Madow. Since I am African etc. You know dark skin etc and from Africa waa Afrikaan in their eyes yacni maddow, but this man was different. I felt a bit exposed when he mentioned that past. Crazy wallahi like @Armadillo says I was gobsmacked walle bille abihiis wasaha.

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Basra said:

Degmada waaberi

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