SomaliPhilosopher Posted April 13, 2013 Chimera are you familiar with Indiana's Somali digital library? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Safferz Posted April 13, 2013 SomaliPhilosopher;937667 wrote: Titles that contain words such as "Pearl" and "Beautiful" are probably not suited for academic study They're government issued documents, which makes them artifacts of a particular period in Somalia's history and ideal for academic study Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SomaliPhilosopher Posted April 13, 2013 Safferz;937672 wrote: They're government issued documents, which makes them artifacts of a particular period in Somalia's history and ideal for academic study Oh, true. wasn't aware of that. Now looking through it, they seem like very valuable documents indeed. My b C Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Haatu Posted April 13, 2013 I've read the book and wasn't impressed. I was expecting to read on Siyaad's life, his youth, his career development and his life as President but was dismayed to find the book was practically a brief history of Somalia during his reign, not his biography. And oh yeah, it's heavily biased. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Safferz Posted April 13, 2013 Lots of valuable documents relating to 1970s Somalia in the Kissinger Cables, released by Wikileaks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SomaliPhilosopher Posted April 13, 2013 Great find Safferz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SomaliPhilosopher Posted April 13, 2013 Haatu;937719 wrote: I've read the book and wasn't impressed. I was expecting to read on Siyaad's life, his youth, his career development and his life as President but was dismayed to find the book was practically a brief history of Somalia during his reign, not his biography. And oh yeah, it's heavily biased. Thanks for the input haatu and for saving me 25 bucks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
