#Somali history

[beerlula-00]

Cadraddii ammaan lehe

Carshigii jamaalkaan

U caleemo saaraye

I praise her.

I crown her with garlands.

- Maxamad Xaashi Dhamac ‘Gaariye’

[panafrocore]

Instunka: The Mock-Combat Ritual of Somali New Year

In the vibrant tapestry of Somali culture, Instunka stands out as a captivating tradition that combines martial arts, ritual, and community celebration. This mock-combat ritual, contested during holidays in Somalia, particularly during Somali New Year, has deep historical roots, tracing back to the Sultanate of Geledi between the late 17th and 19th centuries. Let’s take a closer look at this…

[siouxsiesiouxsextoy]

Billao swords or in somali “billaawe” was used in the dervish movement in 1899 - 1920. It’s worn around the waist. The handel is usually made of buffalo horn and sheath is sheepskin.

[blackqueernotables]

Sumaya Ysl: one of the earliest Somalis to come out as trans.

[worstjourney]

DID YOU KNOW, Cardiff has had a Somali community since the 1880s, centred mainly around the docks?

Get this and many other supplemental facts in the annotations of my graphic adaptation of The Worst Journey in the World, out Nov. 24th!

[vintage-old-hollywood]

Iman

[magnoliamyrrh]

thats why it hurts my brain too when ppl have intense ass arguments abt what race specific "hard to classify" groups are

the balkans are just one example of this bc weve been considered a bunch of shit throughout history and we exist in a weird position always but. there are So Many ethnic groups and regions of the world which are like this

and ppl will go on entire things with the upmost seriousness trying to "race" whatever ethnicity when its like....... dude do you not understand.... does the entire argument itself not make you see.... this is all made up and this conversation makes no damn sense bc there isnt actually any sort of biological basis that this shit is based on ,, ,,, race is Largely some bullshit made up for the sake of oppression and youre trying So Hard to shove ppl into it instead of understanding the complexities of the situation...why..... pls stop

[deadassdiaspore]

On this Puntland day, let’s celebrate the Somali script invented by Osman Yusuf Kenedid, son of the Sultan of Hobyo.

𐒖𐒐𐒐𐒗 𐒔𐒖 𐒚 𐒒𐒖𐒄𐒖𐒇𐒘𐒘𐒈𐒂𐒙.

[the-wannabe-philosopher]

this is honestly really interesting because it's not just world wars- it's history in general. tell me why it's so difficult to speak to any "history buff" war fanboy about non eurocentric histories. I'll be talking about the Indian caste system or the open Nepali-indian border or the Zhao Jianmin Spy Case and they will quite literally CHANGE THE TOPIC to something eurocentric. There is more, so much more to history than learning about machinery used for warfare. and it's honestly devastating because learning about history is so beneficial to today, a time where misinformation is constantly rife, but people really don't care enough to listen to what doesn't directly relate to them. i am one hundred million thousand percent sure that learning about the Rwandan Genocide in 1994 or the Somali and Nigerian civil wars or literally any form of history that isn't moved forward solely by the motivations of the white man is more beneficial to today than like. guns from 1945. but okay Chad. do what you'd like.

why are straight white guys so obsessed with world war 2

[meowmoedotcom]

Somali cat fox like cat breed #shortsvideo #catfactoid #cat

meowmoe.com

[beerlula-00]

Kolkaad gelin is-dhugateen

Guluubkaagii shiikhoo

Dib-u guradku waa baqe?

When you and she exchanged glances just now,

It was you who grew pale, it was you who shrank

- Maxamad Xaashi Dhamac ‘Gaariye’

[panafrocore]

The History of the Adal Sultanate in the Horn of Africa

The Adal Sultanate, also known as the Adal Empire or Bar Saʿad dīn, was a significant medieval Sunni Muslim Empire located in the Horn of Africa. Founded by Sabr ad-Din III on the Harar plateau in Adal after the fall of the Sultanate of Ifat, it flourished from around 1415 to 1577. At its zenith, the polity under Sultan Badlay controlled a vast territory stretching from Cape Guardafui in Somalia…

[lightdancer1]

This is the answer to why the news every so often notes US drone strikes in Somalia, incidentally:

If people really gave a shit as to why the US does periodic drone strikes into Somalia they could easily find it, but they don't because that would require treating African events as things that matter for themselves. And to most of today's TikTok radicals they would sooner die than admit that their obsession with Palestine instead of UHC or free college is just a trend, and that there is, in fact, no actual concern with the events of this part of the world Al-Shabaab itself is the last trace of the decades of anarchy in Somalia, the local Al-Qaeda spinoff....and those US drone strikes are used to help a reviving state with a still-fragile army do what the state itself cannot, entirely, on its own and is perfectly willing to ask the US taxpayer and US missiles to do for it so it doesn't have to try.

[thegetdownrebooter]

GRAMMY AWARD WINNER K‘NAAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[akanarchive]

The Goat And The Book Of Allah

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