NordicSomali
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Leaving behind historical texts is a form of wealth that our ancestors didn’t engage in.
How far do our historical records go?
How far do our historical records go?
Are nations with historical records “richer” than other nations?
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Ku sali nabiga {scw}
Probably far back for like thousands of years but we need our own homegrown archeologists so that we can unearth the secrets of our ancestors. I saw somewhere on this website that we had a ton of architecture and history that were dismantled and destroyed by colonialists unfortunately
I was literally thinking about this recently, I think most somali history is oral and in poems.
NordicSomali
VIP
Someone should fund professional archeologists
NordicSomali
VIP
Is there an archive?
We should seoerate two things. Written literary production in Somalia likley goes back millenia at the very least 800 b.c
But the creation of historical records requires the backing of a centralized state. When a state collapses that historical writing disappears. That's why there's no writing or records from the aksumite period even though a faint memory still exists in oral traditions written down like the zebra negast.
But the creation of historical records requires the backing of a centralized state. When a state collapses that historical writing disappears. That's why there's no writing or records from the aksumite period even though a faint memory still exists in oral traditions written down like the zebra negast.
