Cali Maax was of Cali-Garaad of Warsangeli from Hadaaftimo. And Cawralla is HabarYonis from Xiis, a coastal town in Sanaag.
Read the book, Ignorance is the enemy of love by Faarax MJ. Cawl.
Ignorance is the Enemy of Love is an African love story. It tells of Calimaax, a Dervish who fought against the British, Italians and Ethiopians when they invaded Somalia at the turn of the century, and of his ill-starred love for Cawrala, whom he rescued from a shipwreck during one of his exploits.
This novel was the first major literary publication in the Somali language, which had no official orthography until 1972. It forms a bridge between the traditional and modern cultures of Somalia. While its form is an innovation, its theme is taken from an oral tradition, itself transmitted through the medium of Somalia's highly developed poetic art that has existed from time immemorial. The novel was received enthusiastically by the Somali public. It was widely read and used following the rapid transformation of the educational system after 1972. It is now being reprinted.
Faarax Cawl was born in Laasqoray in the Sanaag Region of Somalia. He has always been a committed Somali patriot and during the colonial period he actively supported the movement for the independence of his country. He is(was) deeply interested in his country's oral literature and history, and keeps in constant touch with the traditional culture still preserved in rural areas. Ignorance is the Enemy of Love is his first novel, and was followed by Garbaduubkii Gumeysiga (The Shackles of Colonialism) in 1978.
Translated from the Somali, with Introduction and Notes, by B. W. Andrzejewski.
Illustrations by Jaamac Cilmi Good.
Ignorance is the Enemy of Love, entitled in Somali Aqoondarro waa u nacab jacayl, was published in 1974 by Wasaaradda Hiddaha iyo Tacliinta Sare (the Ministry of Culture and Higher Education). First published in English by Zed Press in 1982.
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- war i dont know sxb - the only 1 who he wanted was Hodaan
