NABADOONKA: THE ELDERS

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This is an awsome documentary that highlights the attempts made by clan elders to reconcile their issues in South Central Somalia.

What's makes this different from the disasterous faux reconciliation attempts made by the Somali leadership and the international community, is that this type of reconciliation process is done on a traditional & communal level, thus more genuine.​
 
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@Zak Jingo This is how reconciliation is supposed to be done on a traditional and communal level by the civic society. Not by corrupt western proxies in the hotels of Addis Abeba and Nairobi.

This is what an elder said:
LRT reconciliation conferences? Take certain players put them up in a hotel for a week with interference from foreign forces & expect what?
Historically reconcliation for us was done under a tree with not time limit and no foreign agents and was deep rooted in deen.

Now we have western educated disapora attempting to apply non Somali principles to a uniquely Somali problem.
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You cannot base a modern state on unwritten agreements between illiterate old men. All this talk about reconciliation is total hogwash, what Somalis need are laws that have to respected under the threat of violence or loss of freedom. It needs written agreement concerning clan borders, districts and gobols so that you can always know who is in the wrong when a crime or transgression is committed. This can only be accomplished by educated politicians and not some old men who cannot even read.
 
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Thegoodshepherd said:
You cannot base a modern state on unwritten agreements between illiterate old men. All this talk about reconciliation is total hogwash, what Somalis need are laws that have to respected under the threat of violence or loss of freedom. It needs written agreement concerning clan borders, districts and gobols so that you can always know who is in the wrong when a crime or transgression is committed. This can only be accomplished by educated politicians and not some old men who cannot even read.
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You do reallize the same bulshitting you are peddling has been peddled by the international community for years now to no avail. It is actually done the opposite.

You should read this interesting Study as it highlights it quite elloquently.

The Success of Clan Governance in Somalia: Beyond Failed State Discourse
http://somalithinktank.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Latest-1.pdf

The issue with the South is that the meddling of the International community which has prevented them from restoring traditional authority by clan elders
 
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Through traditional clan based governance and conflict resolution, Somaliland and Puntland achieved success in terms of peace and development. The two regions broke away from the rest of the country and now operate independently. In the process of their formation, clan elders in these regions held conferences in which clans reached agreements to form non-conventional governance which is based on customary laws and modern institutions For example, Somaliland formation originates from the Burao and Borama conference which was held by clan elders in 1991. At this conference a constitution was written which led to lasting peace in Somaliland. As Michael Walls notes “However imperfect, the process of conflict resolution, peace building and state building in Somaliland in the periods up to and including the conferences in Burao and Borama offers a clear demonstration of a form of consensus- based democracy in practice” (389). The methods used during the Borama conference shows the role of customary law in conflict resolution, and the traditional authority of elders.

Similarly, Puntland state was formed following the conference of Garowe which was held in 1998 by traditional clan elders. After several years of civil war in Somalia, clans in this region who share common ancestors decided to move forward in building their own local administration based on customary laws. Puntland state had four successive government elections since its formation. The process of government formation follows in these steps: clan elders of Puntland select members of parliament, then parliament elect president who will appoint his ministers. The result of Borame and Garowe conferences shows the need for traditional authority mechanisms in the process of modern institution building in Somalia. As Bereketeab argues, there is a need in balancing between traditional institutions and modern institutions in in Somalia when it comes to restoring peace and political stability. Bareketeab argues that “that the problem with the state-building project in the Horn of Africa (Somalia) is the absence of functional harmony between the competing constitutive institutional elements... the pre-colonial indigenous institutions and the colonially transplanted foreign institutions are two component parts that have to find ways and means of coexistence”(376).
 
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Here is another that highlights how crucial elders and traditional institutions are in keeping the peace between clans and reconciliation.

Abdulrahman Osman ‘Shuke’ describes how local peace processes draw on traditional practices of negotiation, mediation and arbitration conducted by clan elders using customary law as a moral and legal framework.

'' Neither Puntland nor Somaliland would have survived their internal wars without the constant support and involvement of elders. Although these traditional institutions do not enjoy the resources of a state, their decisions can carry the power of a government. ''
Abdulrahman Osman ‘Shuke’


http://www.c-r.org/accord-article/order-out-chaos-somali-customary-law-puntland-and-somaliland
 
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