So we know most somalis are nomadic, and most of our family left miiyi life at some point.
Was it yourself born in miiyi or your parents or as far back as grandparents. Let's hear those stories.
It can be a taboo subject us somalis like to call each other rer baadiye and lots of them pretend to have no connection.
I'll start with me, my father was born in the miiyi yes that's right, his family were nomadic tribesmen who moved every so often searching for water, his childhood is full of interesting stories of fighting lions, etc he then left as a teenager to join the somali army, where he met my mother in the city and they moved to south somalia to live a much more mundane urban life. Some of my father's siblings still remain in baadiye. Funny enough my father has now left the west in his 60s and bought a bunch of camels. I think we look down on that type of lifestyle but there is so much more beauty living amongst nature, no material crap, minilisit, sustainable using what you need, animals for milk, clothes, furniture, food.
how far do you go back to camel herding days?
Was it yourself born in miiyi or your parents or as far back as grandparents. Let's hear those stories.
It can be a taboo subject us somalis like to call each other rer baadiye and lots of them pretend to have no connection.
I'll start with me, my father was born in the miiyi yes that's right, his family were nomadic tribesmen who moved every so often searching for water, his childhood is full of interesting stories of fighting lions, etc he then left as a teenager to join the somali army, where he met my mother in the city and they moved to south somalia to live a much more mundane urban life. Some of my father's siblings still remain in baadiye. Funny enough my father has now left the west in his 60s and bought a bunch of camels. I think we look down on that type of lifestyle but there is so much more beauty living amongst nature, no material crap, minilisit, sustainable using what you need, animals for milk, clothes, furniture, food.
how far do you go back to camel herding days?
