If Somalia was peaceful, we'd make money like the South Koreans do. They'd come to Somalia, to buy qasil, our clothes and generally copy and paste in wild abandonment. I bet there are women who falsely claim to be Somali too.
I was just thinking about Qasil - shit, they even claim that! It literally grows in and is NATIVE to Somalia!

Nah, it’s an β€œEast African” beauty secret though:rolleyes:

 
Nah literally we have the purest Cushitic phenotypes & we’re a lot prettier/ taller. More regal looking overall imo. Their recent Arabian dheeg really made them indistinguishable from Yemenis imo..
The most successful Ethiopian models don't look stereotypically Habesha, that's why I LOL when people (madows) claim they're considered better looking. Funny how the habeshas that lean more Somali are more successful in the industry :hmm:

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I’ve been seeing Somali weddings and whatnot on IG reels gaining a lot of traction. And when people unfamiliar with Somalis ask about the country of origin or the ethnic background, others from the region often chime in with β€œEast Africa.”

Not only is Somali women’s traditional attire being appropriated, but their beauty is as well. Somali women often take their blessings for granted, while many other women in the wider region aspire to look like them.

I’ve seen many Somali women that refuse any of this in the comments of almost every video, though. They say how it is with pride.
 
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We already have the issue of Bantus in Somalia, who twerk whilst wearing baati and diracs. Of course, they are Somali nationals and we can't tell them not to do their traditional niiko even though it's debasing.

To add insult to injury, now we have other Bantus in East Africa, twerking in our traditional clothing and pretending that it's their culture, and when pressed, pretending that we have a 'shared' East African culture. No, we don't.
Only somali bantus throw ass in a dirac? I am ethnically somali and I have been to two weddings where they were doing niiko.
 
Also stop letting them spread misinformation. There has recently been a campaign to paint Somalis (native ethnic Somalis) as different groups entirely like Kenya/Ethiopia/Sudan due to qabiil. It isn’t just them they are getting help from some self hating Somalis (we know who)
Who? I don’t know
 
It’s almost a manifestation time and time again how other East African counterparts try to trademark and make the somali look into a homogenous East African look yet never fail to display their weird xenophobia towards said somali people.
Exhibit A : https://x.com/buymethealem/status/1867741657871135165?s=46


I can't see the tweets, but it's true. They love lusting after Somali women, and even when they post other East African women, they always look admixed with Cushitic.
 
Only somali bantus throw ass in a dirac? I am ethnically somali and I have been to two weddings where they were doing niiko.

Niiko is from Bantus, and the Somalis that tend to do that, are from Boondheere and other areas where they live with Bantus. I am not trying to be rude, but it's haram, and very provocative. I suspect it was originally some kind of seduction/fertility dance.
 
If Somalis are not the most impactful, popular and attractive in the Horn of Africa, how come Bantus aren't wearing Habesha braids or Habesha clothing. Someone explain this. There are Habeshas in East African countries, why is nobody rocking their outfits. Or Oromo outfits? I don't even see them wearing Sudanese clothing.

Somalis are the most dominant group socially and economically in East Africa. The only thing holding us back, is politics. We could genuinely be to East Africa what Russia is to Eastern Europe. From all this culture vulturing, I wish my people woke up and saw what is really going on here.



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i will even say we are the chinese to other east asians, we have a dominant somali economic class in kenya i can even say even in ethiopia. we are the ones that brought islam and civilisation to these people, their saints are somali especially in concerning with oromos
 
they do in the middle east, those east african shaqalah thinking the somali name will give them prestige

Bantus from Somalia also work in Arab countries, that's why there are people who think Somalis look no different to other Africans, so other Madows get away with larping as us. Sadly, HSM, the current "President" of Somalia loves signing deals with Saudi Arabia to supply them with maids.

I was in Saudi Arabia once, and this taxi driver kept talking about how Somalis looked and tried to pretend I looked 'different'. I corrected him and said we love being Black Africans, thinking he was being a colourist racist. But in hindsight, I suspect we have a lot of larpers using our name.
 
Bantus from Somalia also work in Arab countries, that's why there are people who think Somalis look no different to other Africans, so other Madows get away with larping as us. Sadly, HSM, the current "President" of Somalia loves signing deals with Saudi Arabia to supply them with maids.

I was in Saudi Arabia once, and this taxi driver kept talking about how Somalis looked and tried to pretend I looked 'different'. I corrected him and said we love being Black Africans, thinking he was being a colourist racist. But in hindsight, I suspect we have a lot of larpers using our name.
omg same me and my sisters were in paris this egyptian taxi guy thought we were indians, we were like no somalia
 
omg same me and my sisters were in paris this egyptian taxi guy thought we were indians, we were like no somalia

All they show of Somalia is poor people suffering from droughts, also, there are a lot of people who are not ethnic Somalis who are paraded around in front of cameras. The truth is, most people who live in IDP camps are Bantus or D&M. Nothing wrong with not being or looking ethnic Somali, but the 'image' of Somalis worldwide, is one of piracy, poverty, war, and physically represented by Bantu-Somalis.
 

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Exactly but instead we are the Chinese. They copy and steal from us and label our things β€œEast African” or even β€œEthiopian”. The same way popular Chinese trends and culture are labelled Korean or Japanese or East Asian. Somali women need to start proudly labelling our culture and our beautiful features just Somali.

No this isn’t what an East African looks like. This is what a Somali woman looks like. View attachment 349904
They single out our ethnicity when it’s time to insult us but label us east african when it’s time to praise our beauty. Glad the Somali girl said it.






We are the ones who allowed this fake title to spread, just because some people don't know how to call themselves 'Somali' and 'Somali' only. Time to reverse the LIE!!!
 

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