Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 1:34 pm
Error
Thanks for the gabay, I always knew the famous line of "Bal maxaan laba gaal" but i didnt know the rest and I didnt know the poet. He was one of those one hit wonders that populate Somali literature who recite one famous piece and never heard about again. Another example is the Dhulos man that hit Arrabey for six with his "Salanow gob samir weyday waa saancad iyo ceebe" - dozens of Isaq poets tried to defend Salan but the line was so powerful it became undefendable(I did like the iidagale no nonsense one who said " sideedii cashaba wiilka waa siririneyseene...daarood sawaabane wuxu sugayo maad siisid)
Salamn himself reacted with quite powerful retort "Surta xadhiga seetada lugaha kaa sanqadhi doonta...waxaad aniga ii soo sidiyo saafka iyo keydaka adiguba sabool baad tahee sissoo ubadkaaga sal haddad u leedahay habeen seexo gurigaaga" Didnt take off.
Same thing with Mr. langadhe's one hit wonder.
Back to the topic. In addition to what Xplaya highlighted above, it is worthwhile to rememeber that colonialism was not seen as an imposition act by the overwhelming majority of the people as there was no national or patriotic loyalty. The Somalis pride and loyalty and passion lay not in the concept of nationahood or nation state but in his clan and subclan. It was not till the 40s that somalis `felt' and became aware of their Somaliness. Prior to that when Ethiopians attacked Habr Yonis for non-payment of gibir(last time was in 1971 at place called daba goroyale) the Habr Jeclo next door rejoiced because as far as they were concerned a potentail enemy is being taken out!
The first time Somali realised there si a wider somaliness and felt kinship and a sense of nationhood was in the 40s(which this poem comes from). It grew throughout the 50s when thousnads of isaqs wearing the `weer' deathband flooded into the streets of every town and village because they suspected rightly the Britsih was colluding with Ethiopia over Ogaden. This was Isaqs feeling for Daroods because they raelised they were fellow Somalis being betrayed by foreigners. The British colnial authorites were so concerned they tried and failed to buy Ogaden back from Ethiopai offering two million pounds a huge sum at the time. Hargeisa and Mogadishu also witnessed huge demos over the NFD issue.
But before WW2 the Somali Isaq nomad was more concered with survival and raiding teh camels of teh next door clan than who rules Berbera. The idea of `Somaliland' or somalia or somaliness meant not a thing.
And the Britsih had no time for somaliland either. they would have left teh place altogether but they thought it might give wrong ideas to teh other african countries. this was `cololnialism light' if there ever was one. the Somalilanders were not humiliated or harrassed or belittled in any form or shape. The British did not even bother to collect taxes from nomads because they knew it will cause veritable war.
But what completely defeats your Daroodist propoganda myth about Sayyid's supposed freedom fighting is the one they cannot expalin: why did he not start the liberation war in his own home territory which was under far worse gaal colonila rule?
No this was a clannist darodist, Isalmist, cultist skullduggery and murder fest conducted by a cowardly murdering scumbag. Almost all his acts were raiding isaq camels like `Dayax weerar' and the burning of isaq towns, a tradition another Darood thug repeated a century later.
Mercifully we deafeted both because they were attacking us in our own country.
Kambuli
Look lady, no one is attacking you or attacking Daarood. i quite like the Koombos really. In fact I had tow Darrod neighbours on each side of my house in burao - and I was very happy with them because their Kombo visiitors from Qudhmis and Heegaale attracted all the flies from the area leaving my house flyless. Joking Joking.
look up this thread: Error, me, advocator, Mad, Xplaya...we are all clannists and not hiding it. They are supporting the Sayyid for that reason and I am attacking him for the very reason. There is honesty here. And it is that ingredient that is sorely missing in you. Pretending to be Mother Somalia, xawo taako and Dhagaxtuur combined while being vicious Darodist clannist so clearly is plain embarrassing. so chill lady. BTW loved your Gamayey Hurdada dheer. Still laugh when I remember it. Where did you get it from?
Thanks for the gabay, I always knew the famous line of "Bal maxaan laba gaal" but i didnt know the rest and I didnt know the poet. He was one of those one hit wonders that populate Somali literature who recite one famous piece and never heard about again. Another example is the Dhulos man that hit Arrabey for six with his "Salanow gob samir weyday waa saancad iyo ceebe" - dozens of Isaq poets tried to defend Salan but the line was so powerful it became undefendable(I did like the iidagale no nonsense one who said " sideedii cashaba wiilka waa siririneyseene...daarood sawaabane wuxu sugayo maad siisid)
Salamn himself reacted with quite powerful retort "Surta xadhiga seetada lugaha kaa sanqadhi doonta...waxaad aniga ii soo sidiyo saafka iyo keydaka adiguba sabool baad tahee sissoo ubadkaaga sal haddad u leedahay habeen seexo gurigaaga" Didnt take off.
Same thing with Mr. langadhe's one hit wonder.
Back to the topic. In addition to what Xplaya highlighted above, it is worthwhile to rememeber that colonialism was not seen as an imposition act by the overwhelming majority of the people as there was no national or patriotic loyalty. The Somalis pride and loyalty and passion lay not in the concept of nationahood or nation state but in his clan and subclan. It was not till the 40s that somalis `felt' and became aware of their Somaliness. Prior to that when Ethiopians attacked Habr Yonis for non-payment of gibir(last time was in 1971 at place called daba goroyale) the Habr Jeclo next door rejoiced because as far as they were concerned a potentail enemy is being taken out!
The first time Somali realised there si a wider somaliness and felt kinship and a sense of nationhood was in the 40s(which this poem comes from). It grew throughout the 50s when thousnads of isaqs wearing the `weer' deathband flooded into the streets of every town and village because they suspected rightly the Britsih was colluding with Ethiopia over Ogaden. This was Isaqs feeling for Daroods because they raelised they were fellow Somalis being betrayed by foreigners. The British colnial authorites were so concerned they tried and failed to buy Ogaden back from Ethiopai offering two million pounds a huge sum at the time. Hargeisa and Mogadishu also witnessed huge demos over the NFD issue.
But before WW2 the Somali Isaq nomad was more concered with survival and raiding teh camels of teh next door clan than who rules Berbera. The idea of `Somaliland' or somalia or somaliness meant not a thing.
And the Britsih had no time for somaliland either. they would have left teh place altogether but they thought it might give wrong ideas to teh other african countries. this was `cololnialism light' if there ever was one. the Somalilanders were not humiliated or harrassed or belittled in any form or shape. The British did not even bother to collect taxes from nomads because they knew it will cause veritable war.
But what completely defeats your Daroodist propoganda myth about Sayyid's supposed freedom fighting is the one they cannot expalin: why did he not start the liberation war in his own home territory which was under far worse gaal colonila rule?
No this was a clannist darodist, Isalmist, cultist skullduggery and murder fest conducted by a cowardly murdering scumbag. Almost all his acts were raiding isaq camels like `Dayax weerar' and the burning of isaq towns, a tradition another Darood thug repeated a century later.
Mercifully we deafeted both because they were attacking us in our own country.
Kambuli
Look lady, no one is attacking you or attacking Daarood. i quite like the Koombos really. In fact I had tow Darrod neighbours on each side of my house in burao - and I was very happy with them because their Kombo visiitors from Qudhmis and Heegaale attracted all the flies from the area leaving my house flyless. Joking Joking.
look up this thread: Error, me, advocator, Mad, Xplaya...we are all clannists and not hiding it. They are supporting the Sayyid for that reason and I am attacking him for the very reason. There is honesty here. And it is that ingredient that is sorely missing in you. Pretending to be Mother Somalia, xawo taako and Dhagaxtuur combined while being vicious Darodist clannist so clearly is plain embarrassing. so chill lady. BTW loved your Gamayey Hurdada dheer. Still laugh when I remember it. Where did you get it from?
mese wayba ku dhaleen... Sometimes Ilaa heerkaas ayaad caasi tihiine 
