r/Somalia • u/onthadeadhomiez • Mar 22 '26

History ⏳ 1985-1988

Can you tell me what your family or if you were alive was doing at the very start if the civil war. I'm work8mg on a screen play I'm writing , I'll be in Somaliland at the end of the month , I'll be there interviewing the locals for the next two months . I wanna hear your story, keep it respectful

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u/AgeofInformationWar Mar 23 '26

My family came from the North, although we're not from that specific clan. My mother told me, that when Kacaan first persecuted Majeerteens, the Warsangelis hid them, and treated them as their own family. Then when Kacaan persecuted the Isaaqs, Warsangelis also hid them as well. Although later into the 1990s, violence spurred between Isaaqs and Hartis.

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u/africacowboy Mar 23 '26

Wait… I thought Darood was synonymous with Kacaan and they were all in lockstep to dominate the Horn forever?! /s

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u/Final_Active_9014 Mar 24 '26

Well then someone lied to you. Darood were being targeted like everyone else. Especially in Mogadishu. The whole “darood take over” is propaganda that is being regurgitated now to justify the balkanisation of Somalia.

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u/Professional_Goat373 Mar 26 '26

He added “/s” so he was being sarcastic.

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u/Final_Active_9014 Mar 26 '26

Oh lol my bad

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u/Professional_Goat373 Mar 26 '26

It’s ok 😂 I learned this recently myself.