Dr Ahmed Shire 'Lawaaxe' father of the education of Somalia

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I concur with Mondey, if Lawaaxe was the first recorded Somali then it was an achievement he accumulated but he worked as a politician and not necessarily as the "father of education". He was a great man though and very well respected:

Even Caydiid writes in his book with that Indian woman about the beginning of the coup:

"Siad Barre read it and was relieved. After reading it he passed it over to Dr. Ahmed Mohammed "Lawaho" who belonged to the same Marehan tribal group as Siad Barre and was then Director General in the Foreign Ministry. He was a very good-charactered and strict man, every efficient, intellectual and friendly with everybody. He read our charter and was very happy with it. He made only one observation, "You should also say that the new regime will work in order to free all Somali people who are under the colonial system and then to unite them in the Somali Republic under one flag."