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Book Review: Unearthing Apartheid in the Horn of Africa

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Book Review: Unearthing Apartheid in the horn of Africa

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Somalia has a long history of marginalization and discrimination, to the point of labeling fellow Somalis as a lesser Somali, and Somali Bantu, alias Jareer, falls under this category. This community have suffered from psychological damage due to the hatred, abuse and the harassment they received from the so-called ‘majority clans’ of Somalia. The author stated that Somali Muslim scholars dodged and neglected this issue and that they never give efforts to tackle against this alarming discrimination against the Somali Bantu community.  Abdulkadir Sheikh Sakhawadin who is from the Jareer community co-initiated SYL-freedom fighting movement, but unfortunately his people never enjoyed the country he strove for and Jareers never felt the fruits of the nationalism and patriotism he stood for. Alas, to make matters worse, his legacy is never celebrated the same way as is he case with his fellow SYL freedom fighters. This community is engaged in doing menial jobs and live in the lowest

Book Review: Unearthing Apartheid in the horn of Africa

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Somalia has a long history of marginalization and discrimination, to the point of labeling fellow Somalis as a lesser Somali, and Somali Bantu, alias Jareer, falls under this category. This community has suffered from psychological damage due to the hatred, abuse, and harassment they received from the so-called ‘majority clans’ of Somalia. The author stated that Somali Muslim scholars dodged and neglected this issue and that they never give efforts to tackle this alarming discrimination against the Somali Bantu community. Abdulkadir Sheikh Sakhawadin who is from the Jareer community co-initiated SYL-freedom fighting movement, but unfortunately his people never enjoyed the country he strove for and Jareers never felt the fruits of the nationalism and patriotism he stood for. Alas, to make matters worse, his legacy is never celebrated the same way as he is the case with his fellow SYL freedom fighters. This community is engaged in doing menial jobs and live in the lowest ranks ever i

Book Review: Unearthing Apartheid in the horn of Africa

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Somalia has a long history of marginalization and discrimination, to the point of labeling fellow Somalis as a lesser Somali, and Somali Bantu, alias Jareer, falls under this category. This community has suffered from psychological damage due to the hatred, abuse, and harassment they received from the so-called ‘majority clans’ of Somalia. The author stated that Somali Muslim scholars dodged and neglected this issue and that they never give efforts to tackle this alarming discrimination against the Somali Bantu community.  Abdulkadir Sheikh Sakhawadin who is from the Jareer community co-initiated SYL-freedom fighting movement, but unfortunately his people never enjoyed the country he strove for and Jareers never felt the fruits of the nationalism and patriotism he stood for. Alas, to make matters worse, his legacy is never celebrated the same way as is the case with his fellow SYL freedom fighters. This community is engaged in doing menial jobs and live in the lowest ranks ever