Amoud university should provide a benchmark

[Lamagoodle]

There are some uncomfortable truths about Somalia and somalis. We are a nation in shambles. We are a nation that consists of corrupt individuals (lazy), corrupt officials whose business ide is the creation of elusive fiefdoms and the deaths of countrymen. It seems that corruption, short term thinking, primitive institutions and a discourse of “reer hebel” has permeated all levels of our society. As Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel once put it “the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions”, we are still fond of a history that contained somaliweyn, fraternity, unity etc but recent history, present and the future holds a dark roadmap that is travelled by people whose souls have been stained by all forms of hatred and whose brain have succumbed to a discourse that is pushed by the reptilian side of our brain.

Yet, in the darkness that has engulfed our nation, you find institutions that might play a key role in thwarting the dangers that lie ahead. Universities and colleges have been created in all over Somalia. It is questionable whether some of them employ high academic standards- the Humblot kind of institution that employs rationality and independent thinking instead of street discourses. However, their emergence in the gloom landscape of Somalia is a good sign.

Below is a link about the University of Amoud; unarguably the cradle of higher education in Somalia. In Muqdisho, there are many universities; in Hargeisa, Bosaso and Beledweyne too. But, I have yet to see a scholarly article about their roles in development. If you have scholarly articles on higher education in somalia, please share with us.

http://directory.umm.ac.id/Data%20Elmu/ ... 1/1125.pdf