I first saw you in the Jazira restaurant on a warm afternoon. I was a first-year law student. The exact year escapes me, but I remember the untimely appearance of the Gu’ season and what we wore that day. I was wearing brown trousers, a plaid shirt, and light brown sandals. Your style was more […]
Feb 21 2017
Mahatma Ghandi and Adan (Somali soldier)
Mahatma Gandhi’s reflective encounter with Adan, a Somali soldier who deserted from the British Army in the 1920s (in his own words): “Adan was a young Somali soldier who was sentenced to ten years’ hard labour for desertion from the British Army, which he had joined during the War. He was transferred by the Aden […]
Sep 26 2015
Axmed Teerso (Ahmed Terso) – Somali martyr
Not many of us know about this Somali hero named Col. Axmed Teerso. Born in Hiiraan in 1934 and martyred in Godey in 1977. The battle of Godey was one of the entry points of the Somalo-Ethio war and perhaps the most decisive one. There was a deadlock at the Godey’s main bridge for a […]
May 5 2015
Mugabe and Somalia
Trying to get this story on record insha’Allaah from a primary source. Mugabe (incumbent president of Zimbabwe) once refused to allow donated wheat into his country. The head of WPF (non-African) was forced to make a personal visit to convince stubborn Mugabe. Instead of going alone, he took with him a WPF African official who […]
Aug 17 2013
Marka’s anti-colonial struggle
When the European ‘scramble for Africa’ began in the late 19th century, the ancient Somali city Marka was infamously known amongst the Europeans as a city hostile to foreigners. Whilst the Darawiish forces were waging anti-colonial campaigns in northern Somalia, similiar campaigns were being conducted in southern Somalia. One particular instance was the Biyomaal anti-colonial […]
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