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tradition and evocative poetry that differed from the more well known northern style. In southern
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and marginalization by the Somali government. Large scale movement into
Afgooye by Somalis not native to the city and the grants of land traditionally reserved for Geledi cultivation caused significant tension in the community.
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New Years celebrations in the town of
Afgooye are well marked by the Geledi people and they continue until this day. With men and women donning traditional white cloth a man wielding a wooden trumpet or
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insurrections the state was able to defeat and resubjugate lost territory on its western frontier as a result of these wars. Ultimately failing to end a rebellion in the key city of
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sang about the ever present issue of land theft by the Somali government. The Sultan in these poems was asked to help the community and reminded of his legendary
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relied on their wit and memory to construct beautiful poems and entertain the audience. It is important to note as the Geledi are
Rahanweyn they speak
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leads the people in procession. They are marked in certain lines behind the trumpeter and poets lead chants and people break into song. Like other
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during the late 17th to early 20th century. They are divided into two main lineage groups: the
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1361:"'The Law Then Was Not This Law': Past and Present in Extemporized Verse at a Southern Somali Festival"
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When the giver of judgment
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Mahinoo - Awow Gaduud Cali Abukar, Yusuf Maxamuud iyo goodaalka
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Gaashada daaqeysana waa la goostay, gunta intee la geyn doonaa?
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Gacalkiisa guri curad aa looga soo guuray Haddana nin walba aa
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Here the richest selection of the poem performed by Goitow
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Soo gamgamohaayo, goofka beereed waa la goostay, gelgeshii
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rivers. The sultanate grew to encompass nearly all of the
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Wasaaradda Warfaafinta iyo Hanuuninta Dadweynaha (1974).
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The Gobroon who first arrived here are not these Gobroon
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Gudgudoome Cumar Adeerow goodaalka aduunka markii joogeen
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Addunka markii joogeen, ganuunka ganuunkan ma ahayn, Awow
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Gembi iyo waran guraantiis aa loogu soo gayooday, Gooble
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The International Journal of African Historical Studies
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Have you reached a decision about the stolen pastures?
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Somali Sultanate: the Geledi city-state over 150 years
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Gaasha la la goostay, gaasha intee loola guuraa ?
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The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary
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the two notable rebellions came from the Geledi and
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1082:For the love of Gooble we left our first home
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814:at Lafagaale. Following the weakening of the
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1326:Mukhtar, Mohamed Haji (25 February 2003).
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854:coast and dominating trade on the
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1422:"Istunka: A New Year's Ritual"
1287:Marguerite, Ylvisaker (1978).
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1118:The law then was not this law
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1444:Somali Culture and Folklore
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1188:. Transaction Publishers.
1149:Greenwood Publishing Group
989:preparation. The poets or
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