Somali History in Images: theBnW presents : A Trip Down...

[StormShadow]

[StormShadow]

The beginning of Somali air force 1950's












Hargeisa 1961

[StormShadow]

Double post

[guhad122]

The last 'president' (dictator) that had any sort of legitimacy.

Next to the President is Muuse Rabiile Good, then Bile Rafle Guuled....
Despite the dictatorship, we at least had a system and functioning government

[Lancer]

Berbera in the late 1800s



Somalis in 1956 Hargeisa protesting over the handover of the Hawd/Reserve Areas to Ethiopia

[Lancer]

[PLATINUUM]

is that his wife behind him? she's gorgeous

[GIJaamac]

Jaamacada Umada Soomaliyeed

[NobleGeeljire]

Farah chilling at the Shesha spot back in the day

Those are Afar people in djibouti. the colonialist used to call all the people in djibouti Somali.

So please learn to differentiate.

[NobleGeeljire]

^when you ladies invented itaageer and alatubo
the nomads still do it.

no we dont. Those people are Afar. We dont have the costum of braiding our hair like that.

You are posting pictures of a different group.

The Afar ran around naked braiding their hair not us

[TheblueNwhite]

Mods, can you tell the dude above to stop trolling on the thread.

[NobleGeeljire]

Mods, can you tell the dude above to stop trolling on the thread.

how am i trolling the thread? i am correcting people, They are using pictures of non somalis trying to pass them off as somalis.

[TheblueNwhite]

AUN, Former President Aden Adde's Vatican visit.

https://youtu.be/kuWd4FI1Rn0

[Raganimo]

There was a time where our women's chests were naked? Are you sure she is Somali

These bare-breasted pictures were taken by Italian colonialists who would use them to entice young Italian men to come settle in East Africa. They were usually of prostitutes and sometimes they would lure little girls into posing for them. You can tell that they are unnatural in most cases and were taken in studios.

There are similar pictures of North African women and women from other parts of Africa. Those images have a very dark and sinister history that will turn your stomach.

There are actually academic works on this, I came across a few books. There are far more works in Italian than English though.

What that guy said about Somali women walking around with their breasts hanging out like the Afar is definitely not true.

[GalliumerianSlayer]

Keep it up guys.