Surviving Nomads Who Made a Difference

There is more to Somalia than the mayhem people read. It is not only about a failed state or starving humans or killing fields or draught or recently piracy. Somalia is where the Somalis dwell and before the current prolonged civil war, there was full bloom. It had the first democracy in Africa. This was brought by one of the longest freedom struggle in Africa where the mighty British were forced to us planes for the first time in Africa to fight Sayid Mohamed Abdullah Hassan or Mad Mullah as they called him. Dubbed the Irish of Africa, Somalis are mostly nomads and therefore hold dear all those lofty ideals of liberty, truth, dignity and honour until the crooks increased and started two decades of death and destruction that Somalia is still reeling from. Even down, this nation of nomads produced Iman, Waris, Raghe and many others that at one time or the other were role models for the world. Amid the gloom and doom, this is an attempt by a nomad to showcase the many nomads who made through, made a difference and were noticed by their fellow nomads, community and the world. This is a tribute to them.