now they shave their chests and do ethiopian twerking

[LobsterUnit]

“A Somali always felt himself to be twice as good as any white man, or any other kind of man at all, and still does, even when he is wrong. Islam does wonders for the self respect of non-white people and Christianity is right to worry about the spread of Islam in Africa, and must honestly face the question of why it has happened – “

“Of all the desiccated, bitter, cruel, sunbeaten wildernesses which starve and thirst beyond the edges of Africa’s luscious, jungled centre, there cannot be one more Christless than the one which begins at the northern foot of Mount Kenya and stretches to the foothills of Abyssinia, and from there to the dried-out glittering tip of Cape Gardafui where the hot karif winds blow in from where the long sharks race under the thin blue skin of the ocean. You can never think of those wildernesses without thinking of daggers and spears, rolling fierce eyes under mops of dusty black crinkly hair, of mad stubborn camels, rocks too hot to touch, and blood feuds whose origins cannot be remembered, only honoured in the stabbing. But of all the races of Africa there cannot be one better to live among than the most difficult, the proudest, the bravest, the vainest, the most merciless, the friendliest; the Somalis.”

“I never saw a Somali who showed any fear of death, which, impressive though it sounds, carries within it the chill of pitilessness and ferocity as well. If you have no fear of death you have none for anybody else’s either, but that fearlessness has always been essential to the Somalis who have had to try and survive hunger, disease and thirst while prepared to fight and die against their enemies, their fellow Somalis for pleasure in the blood feud, or the Ethiopians who would like to rule them, or the white men who got in the way for a while.”

“Everytime a Somali got whipped, an Italian soldier was killed”

“Wandering in The Shag (desert) were Somalis with some of the sharpest intelligences in the continent, nomads who had been forced into being parasites of the camel, for centuries, and could anyone ever find a way of using all that courage and intelligence?”

“There is no one alive as tough as the Somali nomad. No one.
An askari wounded in a fight in the Haud country walked 14 miles holding his guts in his hand, was sewn up and lived to soldier again. And the women are as spiritually strong as their men.”

“….You get into that way of thinking in the Somali waste. You think that way because the Somalis bitterly resent the white man, and struggle continually, and admirably, by lies and intrigue, to fight off his influence which spells the end of their peculiar world. You cannot beat them. They have no inferiority complexes, no wide-eyed worship of the white man’s ways, and no fear of him, of his guns or of his official anger. They are a race to be admired, if hard to love.

WARRIORS, by Gerald Hanley

[Amira143]

A feel good thread Change from all the "Somalis are bakhti" threads.

[YummyMummy]

How the mighty have fallen

[QuantumSatis]

The good old Somalis indeed. Have you heard of the poem "Soomaali Baan Ahay"?

We come from proud people. Happy to have that big forehead. A badge of honor naturally.

And I like women who has it like me.

[LilEmperor]

Hmm... Impressive but do they suck ass?

[Talo alle udaa]

I believe it's time somalis moved on from being
nomad wanderers to farmers.

If every camel herder was given a small plot to farm, basic training was provided, the somalis would not need the red cross, usaid, and NGOS.



It's a good strategy long term as it means food security

One day inshalla

[VeiledGarbasar]

It is safe to say, pride in a decent douse is praiseworthy but in the case of extreme amounts it causes:

. countries to descend into anarchy.

. People to adopt unislamic attitudes towards fellow Muslims/countrymen

. Racism to be rampant

. Stagnation

War dadkan wa imtixan

[QuantumSatis]

Don't tread on me please, I am cool with my Somali pride

[SahanGalbeed]

But of all the races of Africa there cannot be one better to live among than the most difficult, the proudest, the bravest, the vainest, the most merciless, the friendliest; the Somalis.”

Gerald Hanley , God bless you , I am touched really .

If it weren't for the white man who fooled us , I am convinced Ethiopia and Kenya woulda been ours by now ....but .... let's leave the past in the past like they say



Trying hard to remain VAIN , MERCILESS and PROUD here , in case you wonder

[LiquidHYDROGEN]

But of all the races of Africa there cannot be one better to live among than the most difficult, the proudest, the bravest, the vainest, the most merciless, the friendliest; the Somalis.”

Gerald Hanley , God bless you , I am touched really .

If it weren't for the white man who fooled us , I am convinced Ethiopia and Kenya woulda been ours by now ....but .... let's leave the past in the past like they say



Trying hard to remain VAIN , MERCILESS and PROUD here , in case you wonder

Somalis remind me of that drunken bum you see in the street corners who is always raving about how he could've been president or prime minister. How about you give up the bottle first mate .

[SahanGalbeed]

lol

[SummerRain]

But of all the races of Africa there cannot be one better to live among than the most difficult, the proudest, the bravest, the vainest, the most merciless, the friendliest; the Somalis.”

Gerald Hanley , God bless you , I am touched really .

If it weren't for the white man who fooled us , I am convinced Ethiopia and Kenya woulda been ours by now ....but .... let's leave the past in the past like they say



Trying hard to remain VAIN , MERCILESS and PROUD here , in case you wonder

That is pretty funny actually.

I'm proud of who I am and where I come from i.e my parents and how they raised me; as well as my extended network of friends and family. They are proud, educated and peaceful Somalis. Cognitive reframing does wonders, you should give it a try and focuse on the positives and the blessings you have as a Somali, after all there is no perfect society.