This nationalistic catchy anti-colonialism song from the 1970s highlights Somalia’s crucial forefront against colonialism in Africa. Sung by Somali school children and lyrics composed by Abwaan Siciid Xarawo; it carries a moving patriotic theme sending a clear message to the world that Somalia will never accept black/white colonialism again and will fight for the plight […]
Sep 26 2015
Nasiib Buundo: a forgotten Somali Bantu anti-colonial leader
Nasiib Buundo was born in 1835 to a Yao community in northern Mozambique. His original name was Makanjira Zamani. At the age of 20, he was captured by raiders loyal to the infamous Zanzibari slave trader Tippu Tip, and was subsequently shipped to southern Somalia where he worked in plantation fields in the Somali coastal […]
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 […]
Sep 6 2015
Sun and moonlight
The sunlight slowly descends, she knows the moonlight will be there eternally The sky is illuminated by the elevated stars for it reminds the sun of its reflected light from the moon and the profound bond that connects them. She is the sunlight in his life and for he is the moonlight in hers. It’s […]
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