January 4, 2007
Somali links
I've been doing some digging around the Somali blogosphere recently, for obvious reasons.
Like the Ethiopian blogosphere, it is predominantly written by people in the diaspora. Unlike the Ethiopian blogosphere it is not all that engaged with things going on back home - even when there's a war on. Maybe it is just too depressing to think and write about.
Here is how Memoirs of Aya put it in her post An order of self-flagellation, please!:
I feel guilty about not caring about politics anymore. I did once. Organized demos, made flyers, sent angry letters, formed youth groups, yada yada yada blah blah blah. Now I barely understand who's who in Somali politics. It is all German to me.
Here are some of the links I liked.
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Anarchy? Kritarchy? Whatever, there's no State in Somalia, talk about that here.
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"Phew! Good riddance! The nightmare is over. Yes, I mean the Union of Islamic Courts" via pkblogs
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"I'll lay out a possible scenario that might lead to improvement...I'll also lay out the reasons why I don't think it will happen."
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Great blogroll
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"spontenous and uncensored commentaries from bunch of noisy Somali/non-somalli oddballs" via pkblogs
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Lots of news links
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Coherent thoughts
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"hope u guyz dont mind me coz i'm entitled to my own opinions....aight!!" via pkblogs
Posted by aheavens at January 4, 2007 6:37 AM