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Sep 26 2015

Nasiib Buundo: a forgotten Somali Bantu anti-colonial leader

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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 […]

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Dec 3 2014

Sheekh Axmed Gabyow – Dariiq (Right Path)

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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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Aug 17 2013

Marka’s anti-colonial struggle

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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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