How are you all so smart???

[Do]

I initially started this account so I could learn more about Somali history and how our culture has continually evolved from way back when until the civil war over the summer but I'm STRUGGLING to keep up! I only barely manage to grasp what @Internet Nomad & @Yami are saying as well as @techsamatar 's daily musings about the yahuud.

How did everyone active on the culture/history/politics side of this site begin learning Horn African history?

 

[Do]

 

[Yusuf Abdi Ali Rashid]

I initially started this account so I could learn more about Somali history and how our culture has continually evolved from way back when until the civil war over the summer but I'm STRUGGLING to keep up! I only barely manage to grasp what @Internet Nomad & @Yami are saying as well as @techsamatar 's daily musings about the yahuud.

How did everyone active on the culture/history/politics side of this site begin learning Horn African history?

all of those accounts are run by one person, giving off the illusion that somalis can be smart, when in reality we know that is false.

 

[techsamatar]

all of those accounts are run by one person, giving off the illusion that somalis can be smart, when in reality we know that is false.

Your royal highness, you have revealed my secrets, the King of Prussia.

 

[Do]

f*ck this thread! I actually wanna learn more about my roots but you all wanna gatekeep! @everyone!

 

[techsamatar]

f*ck this thread! I actually wanna learn more about my roots but you all wanna gatekeep! @everyone!

There's a lot to learn, and the depth depends on your interests. I personally prefer a broader view, focusing on racial history based on Islamic sources and narrations, understanding what defines Somalis. Politics, often overlooked by many Somalis, is another area of interest for me, exploring how we ended up in our current challenging state. Tribal dynamics is also something majority of people on this forum are fixated on. So, it really depends on where you want to start.

 

[Yami]

I initially started this account so I could learn more about Somali history and how our culture has continually evolved from way back when until the civil war over the summer but I'm STRUGGLING to keep up! I only barely manage to grasp what @Internet Nomad & @Yami are saying as well as @techsamatar 's daily musings about the yahuud.

How did everyone active on the culture/history/politics side of this site begin learning Horn African history?

A mixture of reading books, analysis genetic data, clan oral stories, and forming hypothesis mixing all three. It’s also useful knowing more than English/Somali in this section since a lot of Somali history is kept under wraps in old Arabic & Amharic archives.

A good book to start with is Futah Al Habesh. It’s from a first hand account of a war between Muslim groups in modern day north west Somalia & Eastern Ethiopia declaring jihad against the Solomonic dynasty.

epdf.pub_the-conquest-of-abyssinia-futuh-al-habasa.pdf - PDFCOFFEE.COM

F UTUHAL -H ABASATHE CONQUESTOFABYSSINIATSEHAI[l6th Century]Paul Lester Stenhouse. is a Catholic priest, a...

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[Do]

There's a lot to learn, and the depth depends on your interests. I personally prefer a broader view, focusing on racial history based on Islamic sources and narrations, understanding what defines Somalis. Politics, often overlooked by many Somalis, is another area of interest for me, exploring how we ended up in our current challenging state. Tribal dynamics is also something majority of people on this forum are fixated on. So, it really depends on where you want to start.

Likewise, I also prefer to learn things in a broader, maybe even oversimplified way before diving into niche subtopics. I'm more interested in politics and tribal dynamics honestly. I suppose with our people, they go hand-in-hand, I guess.

 

[Do]

uselessful

 

[Yami]

Excuse my dyslexia

 

[MBADD]

STFU and observe before you engage in FKDing is the best advice anyone can give you. Preferably don’t engage and solely observe if you were not born in the penisula.

It takes years if not decades, but you will learn in due course the what’s what’s and the who’s who.

Trust me you’re gonna learn the hard way if you start running your mouth on stuff you have little idea on.

 

[Do]

STFU and observe before you engage in FKDing is the best advice anyone can give you. Preferably don’t engage and solely observe if you were not born in the penisula.

It takes years if not decades, but you will learn in due course the what’s what’s and the who’s who.

Trust me you’re gonna learn the hard way if you start running your mouth on stuff you have little idea on.

Excuse my ignorance, but what's FKDing?

 

[Yusuf Abdi Ali Rashid]

Likewise, I also prefer to learn things in a broader, maybe even oversimplified way before diving into niche subtopics. I'm more interested in politics and tribal dynamics honestly. I suppose with our people, they go hand-in-hand, I guess.

Sister, if this is your intention, head on over to FKDspot, the acronym stands for the Foundation of Knowledge Devolopment. If you want to learn more about our inclusive history, i recommend starting from the very first page. It’s hosts a treasure trove of literary and historical documents.

 

[MBADD]

Excuse my ignorance, but what's FKDing?

Sister before I explain what’s your qabiil?

 

[NidarNidar]

Keep an open mind, don't take word of mouth as the truth, do your own research, accept that you can be wrong and be humble.

 

[niggaibnh]

I initially started this account so I could learn more about Somali history and how our culture has continually evolved from way back when until the civil war over the summer but I'm STRUGGLING to keep up! I only barely manage to grasp what @Internet Nomad & @Yami are saying as well as @techsamatar 's daily musings about the yahuud.

How did everyone active on the culture/history/politics side of this site begin learning Horn African history?

I was just like you until i came into this site

 

[Nomadic lord]

Excuse my ignorance, but what's FKDing?

It's where Somalimemo goes to die.

 

[Gacmeey]

Excuse my ignorance, but what's FKDing?

The nation’s favourite pastime

 

[Basra]

I initially started this account so I could learn more about Somali history and how our culture has continually evolved from way back when until the civil war over the summer but I'm STRUGGLING to keep up! I only barely manage to grasp what @Internet Nomad & @Yami are saying as well as @techsamatar 's daily musings about the yahuud.

How did everyone active on the culture/history/politics side of this site begin learning Horn African history?

With the help of

 

[Aseer]

I initially started this account so I could learn more about Somali history and how our culture has continually evolved from way back when until the civil war over the summer but I'm STRUGGLING to keep up! I only barely manage to grasp what @Internet Nomad & @Yami are saying as well as @techsamatar 's daily musings about the yahuud.

How did everyone active on the culture/history/politics side of this site begin learning Horn African history?

I just listened and whenever I heard something pop up that I didn't understand I searched it in the forum.