Somalia is homogeneous by definition, we have the same:
All that means nothing though due to the clan system where the major clans are close in size and operate as if they were different ethnicities.
It's no coincidence that the more clan diverse region (Southern Somalia) is the worst whereas Somaliland and maybe Puntland are more peaceful (fewer clans and one clan dominating).
If there was one big clan that dominated the whole of Somalia, we wouldn't have this problem. So yh, Somalia is a diverse country masquarading as a homogeneous one.
Even foreigners have realised:
I get angry and embarrassed when a foreigner asks me why Somalis fight among one another as it makes us look stupid when in reality we are a diverse country due to the clan system.
Without the clan system we would be like Botswana, another homogeneous African country who don't have the stupid ethnic divisions we have.
TLDR - Somalia being homogeneous is kind of misleading due to the clan system
- Culture
- Language (not sure about this one since there's quite a few different words in the dialects plus there's af maay which is too different)
- Religion
- Genetics (Not sure about this one either due to different haplogroups)
- Looks
All that means nothing though due to the clan system where the major clans are close in size and operate as if they were different ethnicities.
It's no coincidence that the more clan diverse region (Southern Somalia) is the worst whereas Somaliland and maybe Puntland are more peaceful (fewer clans and one clan dominating).
If there was one big clan that dominated the whole of Somalia, we wouldn't have this problem. So yh, Somalia is a diverse country masquarading as a homogeneous one.
Even foreigners have realised:
I get angry and embarrassed when a foreigner asks me why Somalis fight among one another as it makes us look stupid when in reality we are a diverse country due to the clan system.
Without the clan system we would be like Botswana, another homogeneous African country who don't have the stupid ethnic divisions we have.
TLDR - Somalia being homogeneous is kind of misleading due to the clan system