Maxamuud Xarbi (Mahmoud Harbi) was a prominent Pan-Somalist who actively campaigned to see the five territories of Somalia united. He often locked heads with the French authorities in what was then known as French Somaliland after he accused them of vote rigging a referendum in 1958 for French Somaliland to join the Somali Republic. Refusing […]
Dec 25 2014
Another unsung Somali hero.
These resonating words were written by Somali nationalist poet Maxamuud Axmed Dabagooye. Born in Buhoodle; he was part of the Hegan troupe of Somalia’s national police force. This poem-turned-song was to be his last as he enlisted in the SNA (Somali National Army) and subsequently requested to be sent to the front-lines (Somalo-Ethio war) where […]
Dec 4 2014
Poem – Professor Frederick W. Hickling (1979)
The following poem (dedicated to the Somali people) was recited by the renowned Pan-African Jamaican academic: Professor Frederick W. Hickling in Mogadishu in 1979. I saw you When I returned From whence I came I heard you When the wind Whistled by my head And called me by my name. I saw your star of […]
Dec 3 2014
Sheekh Axmed Gabyow – Dariiq (Right Path)
Sheekh Axmed Gabyow (1844 – 1933) recited the following poem that is said to have inspired the Somali armed uprising against Italian occupation in Warsheekh (1891): Soomaali aan u dagaallamaynaa Kuwa dulmaaya la dood galeyna Kufriga soo dagay diida leenahay Dabeysha mawdka intey i daandeyn Hilibka duud cunin oonan deeb noqan Dadka tusaan danihiisa leenahay […]
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