Why are Somali people obsessed with land?

[Gerigo'an]

You could fit all living Somalis, rer diaspora included, into Somaliland for example, or Jubaland, with plenty of space to spare. Why does land matter so much to Somali people?

We are not using most of these lands for farming or cultivation, we are not digging them for oil or gold/gems. Why does barren desert in the middle of no where that doesn't even have clean water mean so much so that Somali tribes are routinely killing each other for it?


The only thing I can think of is the bragging rights.

South Korea currently has 10th biggest economy in the world and it is barely half the size of Somaliland, and its population is 52 million people.

 

[Dima&Damo]

Landheere vs laangabs

 

[Avalanche]

Medieval mentality

 

[Bari🐍]

Because one day we will number 500m. We need that land to grow.

 

[Gerigo'an]

Because one day we will number 500m. We need that land to grow.

Tell me you're being sarcastic? There's no town with over 50k population outside of xamar, hargaysa and kismayo.

 

[mohamedismail]

Tribal mentality. Every tribe wants to keep their own lands.

Its why when the civil war happened in 91 everybody fled to their tribal lands. People left the mixed region of Xamar to puntland Somaliland etc.

Nobody wants to lose land as that will just make you laangaab

 

[Bari🐍]

Tell me you're being sarcastic? There's no town with over 50k population outside of xamar, hargaysa and kismayo.

Just wait on it... 2150 soon laandheere 500m

 

[Mr steal your naag 2]

Just wait on it... 2150 soon laandheere 500m

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Somalis will never reach 500 mill it would supprise me if we even reach 100 mill with all the famines-droughts-war

 

[Bari🐍]

Somalis will never reach 500 mill it would supprise me if we even reach 100 mill with all the famines-droughts-war

As long as we get a consistent supply of plumpy nuts from abo usa, we'll be there soon inshallah. I feel it 1 billion next

 

[Mr steal your naag 2]

As long as we get a consistent supply of plumpy nuts from abo usa, we'll be there soon inshallah. I feel it 1 billion next

Abo usa will eventually get tired of us and leave us and we will eventually kill each other after that. look at afghanistan they got tired of those hairy pashtuns

 

[johnsepei5]

Tell me you're being sarcastic? There's no town with over 50k population outside of xamar, hargaysa and kismayo.

Burco,Galkayco,Bosaso,baidoa,burtinle,merca,buur hakaba,Ceeri gabo,Garowe,Jamaame,xuduur,jowhar and garbahareey all have populations above 100k forget about 50k

waad wareersantahay

 

[forehead bandits]

Burco,Galkayco,Bosaso,baidoa,burtinle,merca,buur hakaba,Ceeri gabo,Garowe,Jamaame,xuduur,jowhar and garbahareey all have populations above 100k forget about 50kView attachment 288954 waad wareersantahay

These kids love to put somali numbers down there are 400k in buroa 350k in boroma 200k in erigavo all the citys are growing allow it

 

[Gerigo'an]

Burco,Galkayco,Bosaso,baidoa,burtinle,merca,buur hakaba,Ceeri gabo,Garowe,Jamaame,xuduur,jowhar and garbahareey all have populations above 100k forget about 50kView attachment 288954 waad wareersantahay

Maybe I was wrong about that comment and that's not even what the topic is about.
Somali people can't stay on topic. Distracted nation!

 

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

More land equals more grazing for animals especially camels I guess that’s their reasoning it’s all they have

 

[Removed]

You could fit all living Somalis, rer diaspora included, into Somaliland for example, or Jubaland, with plenty of space to spare. Why does land matter so much to Somali people?

We are not using most of these lands for farming or cultivation, we are not digging them for oil or gold/gems. Why does barren desert in the middle of no where that doesn't even have clean water mean so much so that Somali tribes are routinely killing each other for it?


The only thing I can think of is the bragging rights.

South Korea currently has 10th biggest economy in the world and it is barely half the size of Somaliland, and its population is 52 million people.

No land, No grazing, No livestock.

You are now Madhibaan.

 

[killerxsmoke]

You could fit all living Somalis, rer diaspora included, into Somaliland for example, or Jubaland, with plenty of space to spare. Why does land matter so much to Somali people?

We are not using most of these lands for farming or cultivation, we are not digging them for oil or gold/gems. Why does barren desert in the middle of no where that doesn't even have clean water mean so much so that Somali tribes are routinely killing each other for it?


The only thing I can think of is the bragging rights.

South Korea currently has 10th biggest economy in the world and it is barely half the size of Somaliland, and its population is 52 million people.

Nomad mindset

 

[Gerigo'an]

No land, No grazing, No livestock.

You are now Madhibaan.

Time to moved away from cows and camels and to industries and warshado don't you think?
grazing is holding us back. Ironically, we'll need to learn to build stuff to do that which indeed will make us madhibaan. So we have to do the things we ostracized whole clan for in order to progress and develop.

 

[Gerigo'an]

Nomad mindset

we need to move from that mindset.

 

[mohammdov]

This is how camel herders think of expanding in desert lands and having more children to increase the number of clan members

 

[Dalalos_ibn_Adali]

If you make good use of your land you can remain powerful, but if you are like the average Somali uneducated, unskilled geeljire, then having no land makes you underclass.