Typical.........trying to assert distinctions between Somali fairy tales and "afrocentric" fairy tales. Its all fairy tales man. six of one and half dozen of the other. You want distinctions? How about "afrocentric" fairy tales like that of the above are advocated by just a few knuckleheads....however apparently the vast majority of somalis believe in your arab fairy tales.iandi wrote:Still a false equivalence Somalis do not claiming other peoples heritage and history etc like Afrocentrics do. So it doesn't compare, plus that part of Somali genealogy is religiously symbolic rather than literal. It holds no political or practical significance, nor does it inform a notion of heritage.TheMightyNomad wrote:TheMightyNomad wrote:J.Spencer Trimingham has noted that the Somalis ''are extremely proud of being Somali and though they may take delight in the fiction that they are descendants of the prophet and his companions and have constructed elaborate genealogies ,this aspect of their genealogy has little practical or political importance. In traditional Somali culture it is important for each child to learn his genealogy up to the level of clan family,beyond that no real significance emerges.
Corrected it. Don't leave out parts of my quotation, just because it is unfavorable to you. It is dishonest to do so.
iandi wrote:b]as i said the relatively few "afrocentrics" out there making up ch*t are no more or less incredulous in their imagination than some somalis........so somalis must know that when they point at someone else three fingers are pointing back at them........the sensible ones know that.
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The problem with you is that you take these jokers seriously. They are trolls and clowns, why even dignify with a response?
Your other problem is that you try to presume over peoples history. There are real historical and genealogical ties between the horn of Africa and Arabia.
There were times when the entire southern Arabia quadrant was inhabited by Cushites. There were kingdoms that spanned across both the Horn of Africa and Arabia. There are ethnic groups in southern Arabia who speak semitic languages with a Cushitic substratum like the Mahra, Harasis etc
Now how anyone can call that factual history "fairytales" is beyond me.
For goodness sake all you have to do is look at a map. Arabia is practically a peninsula of Africa. It is right next to the Horn of Africa and north East Africa.
I mean, look at u--the messiah for ni.ger causes--u couldn't come up with a worthy black person contributions---u resorted to a food transportation black who worked for a white company. 
