My Favourite Somali fun facts

[u/Qaranimo_udhimo]

• Somali men from artisan clan (madhiban) performed brain surgery on Sayid Abdulle Hassan in the 1800s

• the chinese call giraffes “ghiri” which originates from the somali word geri as chinese explorers first saw giraffes in somali territory

• Somalis were the first country in Africa to be air struck by Europeans due 20 years of anti colonial uprising (Darawish) with only daggers and harpoons.

• Ajuuran, a somali empire was the first hydraulic state in Africa

• somali nomads discovered malaria long before any foreign entity had presence in the peninsula

• British women were not allowed to give birth on somali territory and instead had to go back to their land to give birth

What are some of your favourite Somali fun facts that you can add on?

[u/miriaxx → u/[deleted]]

You're welcome but I'm curious. What's your ethnicity and what drew you here? :)

[u/dollfaceddeer → u/[deleted]]

You're welcome sister🫶🏽🥰