ajanabi historian I.M.Lewis dies.

[Hodan94]

heard it through twitter

[Rabshoole]

RIP

[James Dahl]

RIP Ioan Myrddin Lewis 1930-2014

He looked just as Welsh as his name wow

[X.Playa]

RIP old man although i never agreed on some of his Daarood inspired prospective on somali history, neverthless the man created whats known today as Somali Study departments, so he contributed more into soomaalinimo then most of the Kacaan Daaroods.

[Chinaman]

RIP to Professor I.M.Lewis.

[Thuganomics]

Orientalist were/are the bane of the Islamic civilization.We won't miss him.Tony Benn on the other hand the great anti war campaigner will be.

[Arabman]

I've heard about his name being mentioned, but I've to ask what good has he done for Somalis?

[Hodan94]

tony benn great guy.

[Thuganomics]

I've heard about his name being mentioned, but I've to ask what good has he done for Somalis?

Nothing whatsoever,in fact he looted Somali manuscripts written in Arabic and brought them back to SOAS.

[James Dahl]

The most overlooked scholar of "Somali Studies" was Bogumił Witalis Andrzejewski.
He transcribed and translated thousands of poems and even helped create the Latin script for the Somali language.

I found Lewis' work a bit too "Anthropological" if you get my meaning

[Arabman]

Nothing whatsoever,in fact he looted Somali manuscripts written in Arabic and brought them back to SOAS.

Can the manuscripts be accessed by the public?

The most overlooked scholar of "Somali Studies" was Bogumił Witalis Andrzejewski.
He transcribed and translated thousands of poems and even helped create the Latin script for the Somali language.

I found Lewis' work a bit too "Anthropological" if you get my meaning

So, it was a non-Somali who created the script?

[STARKAST]

RIP, people already discrediting him the second after he dies, have some class.

So long I.M Lewis.

[Thuganomics]

Arabian;I would assume they are accessible to the public.But that's not the point.Those manuscripts belong the the Somali people.Not to his School or Britain..I once went to the library at SOAS.Man they have almost every publication from all corners of what they call the orient,for the last maybe 100 years to the present

[STARKAST]

And why are you crying ?

The winner takes the spoils, Muslims need to re-learn the value of conquering. Tis is the life.

[James Dahl]

So, it was a non-Somali who created the script?

No, the final script was developed by dozens of people. Andrzejewski helped as part of the team developing the official orthography (how words should be represented by the new Somali alphabet)