The Truth Behind So-Called "Cushitic Unity" That's Peddled By Young Somali Men

[Waaqo of Punt]

It could possibly work if there's respect for regional cultures & languages, but Amharas are known cultural expansionists/assimilationists.

I don't want Somalis to become Irishmen 2.0.

 

[Regg]

Culture wise Somalis have more in common with the Dinka and Nuer than we do the agricultural highlanders.

It’s like saying a Greek have more in common with a German than a Macedonian or Bulgarians. The Horns of Africa is very much like the Balkans in terms of culture and history where they dislike each other for political reason but understand and feel each other more than the outsiders for an obvious reason.

The south Sudanese ethnic groups are complete foreign and have zero connection with the people in the region whereas a Somali will feel more attached to a horner and vice versa than any of these African nations outside the Horns.

 

[Thegoodshepherd]

Somali culture is mostly D-grade Arab culture, let's be honest. There's very little left of genuine Somali culture.

Same for Pakistan by the way..

Somali culture is based on camel herding and naturally there are similarities between it and the original bedouin culture of the Arabs. This combined with the fact that nomadic cultures are by nature less complex than agricultural ones has eased the adoption of Islam and also the adoption of Arab culture today. Somalis have not lost much of their culture at all, they have simply added to it. I cannot think of any Somali traditions, other than the guntiino, that have disappeared.

It’s like saying a Greek have more in common with a German than a Macedonian or Bulgarians. The Horns of Africa is very much like the Balkans in terms of culture and history where they dislike each other for political reason but understand and feel each other more than the outsiders for an obvious reason.

The south Sudanese ethnic groups are complete foreign and have zero connection with the people in the region whereas a Somali will feel more attached to a horner and vice versa than any of these African nations outside the Horns.

Greeks, Macedonians and Bulgarians all live in somewhat similar geographies. I am telling you that the highland dwelling Oromo, Tigray and Amhara share almost nothing in common with Somalis culturally because we live in very different settings. They do not have segmentary lineage, they do not have clan territories, they do not herd over vast distances, they have centralized authorities, they have written languages and history, they have a church that is hierarchical etc...
We have nothing in common with them other than the fact that they are all mostly cushitic ancestrally. Genes ≠ culture.