We're actually more liked than ever amongst black people tbh, despite all thatMany africans hold Gaddafi in high regard even though his ”pan-africanism” was just a gimmick for him and he actually aided and funded militias that attacked black africans (who were also muslim weliba).
The Kacaan and the government from the days of independence did many good acts, especially on african continent. A competent somali gov could use this as a good PR and should actually use it.
Our somewhat ”bad” reputation has nothing to do with religion. Muslim black african countries don’t have a bad rep. Nowadays even Sudan is looked positively even though the whole population speak mostly arabic
Funniest thing is the somali government did not ruin their reputation among select few africans (most africans don’t give a shit about us) but it was the diaspora. Spamming jåreer and slave remarks online tends to be noticed and now some africans know it.