Najmo's topic was: African Identity. AFRICAN=A native, inhabitant of Africa.A person and especially a black person of African ancestry.IDENTITY=Sameness of essential or generic character in different instances. The condition of being the same with something described or assorted.If my Somali mind serves me right,Najmo's plagiarized posting dwells more on the effects of foreign influence on the diverse African cultures rather than the TRUE identities of Africa. According to Najmo, he/she views the colorful African identities through the biast lenses of western ignorance.I find it rather disheartening that Najmo chose to parrot the article's euro-centric viewpoint instead of even mentioning the vibrant African cultures that best expose the richness of Africa's different identities!Remember for me to share my views on palgiarized work violates my basic academic integrity which I cherish second to my freedom!Folks for better and learned information of African identities please take time to read Prof. Ali Mazrui's articles and books about Africa on the internet. At least Prof. Mazrui is an authentic authority on African history. Somalis most homogenious people on planet earth.Somalis we MUST be proud to be unique and NOT allow reverse political correctness deny us our special place under the shinny African sun.Stay Somali! Survive Somali! Out of many we are one!

Folks, history is my witness while geography is my guidance in emphasizing that Somalis like the Jews enjoy a unique identity that differentiates us from the rest of the geographical African continent.As for Stoic, I guess it's academic suicide for you to haphazardly and consciously endorse the despicable plagiarism committed by the unapologetic Najmo.If Simon of Fox's American Idol read Najmo's stolen piece, I guess his response would be:"This academic plagiarism is worse than the looting of Iraqi National Museum!" Indeed I feel guilty to even share my valued thoughts on the subject of African Identity while deep down Najmo knows that an academic crime has been committed!Fellow believers in the sanctity of academic integrity and freedom, I urge you to keep petitioning Najmo to prove by refering you to any site that indicates Najmo is the aunthentic author of the African Identity article.Najmo you dont need to hide under misplaced vocabularies instead do the right thing by admitting the obvious.I have already shared my concerns with all the reliable sources including the administrators of this site, regarding your big academic lie!Tonight, I wouldn't like to be an accomplice in your desire to engage me in discussing a plagiarized work. However, I wish to recognize Che-Guvara for your high academic intelligence in sharing historical facts to support your points. Sure, I gotta give credit where's it's due! Fellow Somalists, there's no need for character assasinating me for stating the obvious: Somalis are a unique species of humans that naturally desire to exist like Somali! I exit the forum while holding my Somali head HIGH yet frowning on Najmo for dishonesty. Folks dishonesty is un-Somali! Viva Les Somali!

Najmo, academic intelligencia dictates that any info quoted from others MUST be acknowledged by naming the source!Your "supposedly" wonderful piece is nothing but academic treachery that is punishable by banishing you from this open forum.This particular article on African Identity appeared on several newspapers and magazines that didnt identify you as the authentic author.I got this sad news from a friquenter who talked about some Somali "genius" on African history. If genius is "looting" other folks' work then that is an Academic Identity Crisis, AIC! Well it didnt take me five minutes to unearth this well polished plagirism of the works of the TRUE intellectuals!Of course I admire your interest in creating debate about the crisis of African "identities". Surely there are better ways of initating such entertaining discussion. However, I wish to conclude by stating that as a Somali, my identity is NOT African in any shape or form since there's not a uniform African idenitity. Najmo if you read your history and lived in different parts of Africa like myself, then you dont need to be an athropologist to embrace the diversity of the identities of Africans!Other than the Arabs, every African country south of the Sahara has a unique set of identities and even more unique identities within each country.Somalis share nothing in common with Africans other than the colonial demarcation of Africa as a continent!If anything we differ in a million ways.Am proud to be Somali hence I dont have any nolstagic interst for the so-called African Identity. We will survive and prosper as Somalis just like the Jews resisted any intellectual intoxication of the Jewlry intelligensia by colonial apologists!The desire by educated Somalis to interprete a rich and diverse history of Somalis and other peoples of our continent through plagirized work defeats the purpose of any meaningful discussion.Najmo am really diasppointed in you since you have destroyed the basis of your argument by not acknowledging your source.I guess by now you can tell the difference between an educated person and learned person!Somali Unique Identity---->Aluta Continua!