Reer Faqi (Somali: Reer Faqay, Chimini: Ra Faqi), also known as Banu Qahtan, is a Banadiri clan. It is primarily found in the southern coastal cities of Mogadishu, Marka, Baraawe and Kismayo.[1] They established communities in the hinterlands in towns such as Afgooye, Baidoa, Diinsoor and Bardheere. Culture The Reer Faqi lineage in a…
Duruqbo (Somali: Duruqbo Arabic: دورقبو) are a Benadiri/12 Koofi clan mainly from the southern coastal cities of; Marka and Mogadishu[1] and have established communities in the hinterlands in towns such as Qoryooley due to trading. They are a clan that come from 2 different origins, the Aqaba who are…
The 12 Koofi, more commonly known as Reer Marka, are a multiracial confederation of clans based in the southern port town of Marka. Members of this group of clans can also be found all over southern Somalia, especially coastal towns such as: Mogadishu, Barawa, Kismayo, Gendershe, Dhanaane, Jilib, Marka…
In its medieval age, Mogadishu was famous for being a central hub for Islamic knowledge and the scholars it produced, contemporary to it’s prosperous trade and architecture. And like every other Islamic civilization, Mogadishu boasted itself with the amount of…
The very intense interactivity between the islands before colonization makes possible a common history of the Comoros archipelago:All the Sultans of Mayotte claim to be descendants of the daughter of Mtsamboro Fani who was the wife of Chirazzi (Shirazi) Othman…
Shanshiya (Arabic: الشاشي) who also go by the name Shaanshi are a Benadiri clan mainly from the southern coastal cities of; Mogadishu, Marka, Baraawe and Kismayo[1] and have established communities in the hinterlands in towns such as Baidoa and Diinsoor due to trading. Overview The Shanshiyo clan or the Shaanshi clan trace…
This is one of the few photos available of the Comorian woman in the late nineteenth century. Accepting to take pictures in 1898 by French resident Henri Pobeguin, these two women of Moroni, Moina Darini wa Mougne Abbas (wife of…
In the 1950s and early ‘60s, when coastal trade was still carried out mainly by dhows, the people of Barawa were amazed (and vastly amused) at the sight of some sailors coming from the southern Swahili coast, busily engaged in…
He was born in Barāwa around the year 1915 CE. Early in life, he was a trader and had a shop that imports goods from Italy. Around the age of 24 or 25 he closed all his businesses and exclusively…
