Cilmi Boodhari’s famous bakery in Berbera. A poor baker turned poet who died from love in 1937. Unfortunately it is now a heavy neglected piece of heritage.
Jun 23 2015
Berbera classic architecture
Some Ottoman and colonial-era architecture in Berbera. Masjid (though fairly basic) is of Ottoman origin and the rest are British.
Jun 23 2015
Berbera limestone
Berbera houses the world’s largest deposits of expensive gypsum-anhydriyte in addition to gigantic amount of limestone. It’s largely untapped and requires the correct factorial machinery to realise its full potential. One of the locals piloted the first house built from limestone.
Jun 23 2015
Shire Warsame Guuleed
Born in El-Gab (Ceel-Gaab) in Western Somalia (Soomaali Galbeed) in the the late 19th century, he lost his male immediate family members — who were fervent Daraawiish supporters — to the anti-colonial campaign led by by Mohammed Abdulle Hassan (1900 – 1920) somewhere near Berbera. Suddenly an orphan, he was raised into adulthood by his […]
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