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Description of Somali's
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:16 pm
by Crazy Cat Lady
by a dickhead in 1913.
The true Somali is an extremely lazy person, for his dignity does not permit him to do manual work; he generally employs himself in watching his flocks, or he will lie for hours under a shady tree, his praying-mat and water-bottle beside him, while he drones, to a sort of chant, songs about his former fights and about the stock he has looted. The manual work, meanwhile, is left to the women and the dependants. The Somali is a Mussulman of the Shujai sect and is very religious in his own fashion. In appearance the Somali is an Arab, and sometimes a hand- some Arab. Treat him with confidence and consideration, he is cheer- ful, intelligent, willing to learn, and true to his code of honesty. Treat him harshly or unjustly, he becomes sulky, obstinate, mutinous, and dangerous. He is an excellent scout, a wonderful marcher, and very proud if confidence is shown in him. It would be fatal to the peace of the country if the Somali should be treated with that contempt which is often shown to the black races by Europeans.
(The Geographical Journal, Vol. 41, No. 6 (Jun., 1913))
Re: Description of Somali's
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:22 pm
by General Duke
Shujai sect? 1300 years has passed and those Gaalos couldn't know it's Shaafi'i not Shujai? I wonder what else they still don't know about Islam and Muslims.
Re: Description of Somali's
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:23 pm
by ToughGong
Views of a bygone era,not applicable to today
Re: Description of Somali's
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:27 pm
by ModerateMuslim
we all know tribe he's describing
(hint: its from lower juba
)
Re: Description of Somali's
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:33 pm
by General Duke
In appearance the Somali is an Arab, and sometimes a hand- some Arab.
Interesting.
Re: Description of Somali's
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:48 pm
by BODHI
HE DESCRIBED SOMALIS TO THE T BUT MY FAVORITE DESCRIPTION OF SOMALIS IS BY THIS KENYAN
WOMEN IN NURADDIN FARAH'S BOOK IT WAS CHILLING HOW SHE DESCRIBED SOMALIS
Re: Description of Somali's
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:04 pm
by zingii
HE DESCRIBED SOMALIS TO THE T BUT MY FAVORITE DESCRIPTION OF SOMALIS IS BY THIS KENYAN
WOMEN IN NURADDIN FARAH'S BOOK IT WAS CHILLING HOW SHE DESCRIBED SOMALIS
quote what she said dude.
Re: Description of Somali's
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:58 pm
by BODHI
Re: Description of Somali's
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:04 pm
by BODHI
" You don't have to have a prodigious imagination to know that they are unruly gadabouts of mean income, crass in their talk, brash in their behaviour, arrogant in their dealings with other africans. The airs they give themselves, as they celebrate their racial identity with such loud aplomb, blazoning their looks with aristocratic attributes. You scratch deeper, and their self-complacency seldom withstands the heat of analysis, temperamental like mercury.'
"nervous of Kenya one instant,' she said, repeating time and time again how much they are enjoying the tranquility here, and disparaging of us the very next moment."
" We pity the somalis, my colleagues and i,' she said. But we cannot help our feeling that for a people who have brought a curse on their heads, they do not appear to have been HUMBLED by the experience in any way."
LET ME FIND THE THREAD WHERE I SAW IT IN
Re: Description of Somali's
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:29 pm
by zingii
I always thought you were dude for some reason but it turns out you're a CHIca la mama sita.
ps, i wish i knew what i said in spanish.
Re: Description of Somali's
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:31 am
by BODHI
Re: Description of Somali's
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:08 am
by ToughGong
HE DESCRIBED SOMALIS TO THE T BUT MY FAVORITE DESCRIPTION OF SOMALIS IS BY THIS KENYAN
WOMEN IN NURADDIN FARAH'S BOOK IT WAS CHILLING HOW SHE DESCRIBED SOMALIS
You must mean your family
Re: Description of Somali's
Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 12:31 am
by FAH1223
bump
