We Somalis are one people
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 11:39 am
Somalia is the one country in Africa that consists of one people...the Somalis.
Due to colonialism Africa was divided like a cake between the English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, Germans and Italians. Maybe only the Amharas remained independent. The Italians had most of Somalia and Eritrea.
But just look at at the countries now that have been artificially created such as Kenya, where many ethnic groups have been lumped together, such as the Kikuyu, Kamba, Luo, Kipsigis, Somalis, Masai and Luyia. Or Zimbabwe with the Shona, Ndebele, Venda and Lozi. Or Nigeria with the Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Fula, Kanuri, Efik, etc. The list could go on and on.
Basically Africa consists of 1000 languages and cultures. But Somalia has just one.
Somalia...one language...one culture...one people.
Due to colonialism Africa was divided like a cake between the English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, Germans and Italians. Maybe only the Amharas remained independent. The Italians had most of Somalia and Eritrea.
But just look at at the countries now that have been artificially created such as Kenya, where many ethnic groups have been lumped together, such as the Kikuyu, Kamba, Luo, Kipsigis, Somalis, Masai and Luyia. Or Zimbabwe with the Shona, Ndebele, Venda and Lozi. Or Nigeria with the Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Fula, Kanuri, Efik, etc. The list could go on and on.
Basically Africa consists of 1000 languages and cultures. But Somalia has just one.
Somalia...one language...one culture...one people.
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)while hawiye claim ethnic somali. we have cad cads barwanis bantus..etc
