Chimera;935186 wrote: Well this is demoralising, so many views yet no support. Brother is in the wrong profession, or catering to a non-existent audience. I'm not so sure, Afrofuturism isn't an obscure genre of science fiction and there's definitely a market. He seems to have a lot of talent, but he needs to work on his hustle. I did a google search and an image search and the only websites that come up with Hiddigo is the indiegogo page and SOL.

Coofle;935128 wrote: You only know written arabic,,,once you go to Arab country you will have difficult time understanding the language...Alas! that is why what I read and what people say don't match also...I should stick with books and little sujuis... Books have gotten a lot better though, many specifically go into colloquial speech and focus on communication, and for Arabic you can even find material to help you learn specific dialects. It's unfortunate that most African languages do not have as many good resources and books you can use, but Swahili is one of the more popular African languages so you should be fine. Depending on where you are, you may be able to find Swahili classes (or hire a tutor). Definitely try and find people to practice with, and once you've reached an advanced beginner/intermediate level and know the basics, it's a good time to travel and spend a few weeks/months somewhere you can immerse yourself completely in the language.

Coofle;934788 wrote: it on the list of things I gotta do before I hit 40!.. But right now, Swahili is top of the list..I got to speak good swahili at the end of this year...the problem is I have no sufficient source to study from ...Even when I learn few things and try to use them people say ...its all wrong where did you learn this? ... Wuxu ilayn waa af-jinni (no disrespect) You won't be able to learn from the internet alone -- you need to invest in a good English/Swahili dictionary, and one or two books (if you can find one that comes with an audio CD, even better) that will help you with learning grammar structure. Swahili does borrow heavily from Arabic in its vocabulary, but in its structure it's a Bantu language so it's important to find a book that will explain it well and teach you the patterns. Make sure you study daily and supplement it with listening/watching Swahili language television and radio, and also try your best to find native speakers to practice communicating with. You won't learn a language on your own, the most effective way has to be a combination of studying and putting what you've learned to work in conversation with native speakers. Let me know when you're learning Amharic

Coofle;934752 wrote: Although I am a hardcore Af-Soomaali nationalist and also a multilingual Somali ethnic. Recently I had developed an interest (motivated) in Kiswahili language...I have never been to east african countries, and frankly if it was in my hands I would prefer to learn speaking Amharic more than kiswahili but you gotta do what you gotta do...right now I need to grasp basics of language fast... So why not learn Amharic?

Alpha Blondy;934669 wrote: its based on anecdotal quantitative research methodology. I'm rolling right now lmao. Say what now?

Alpha Blondy;934588 wrote: research has shown that somali/revert marriages proportionally have higher incidences of domestic violence than a somali marriages. Sources please.

Wadani;934460 wrote: Since social and economic conditions vary widely through out the world we should adjust the analytic lens we use to fit local context when dissecting disparate peoples perceptions of safety/danger, rich/poor etc. Socio-economic appraisals of this kind are inherently relative and it's very difficult, if not impossible, to draw a line that would represent an objective assessment that the vast majority of the world population could agree on. Such a feat would assume identical points of references (thus identical histories and development trajectories) when societies conjure up unsafe and unstable conditions. So whatever line we attempt to draw will be nothing more than a Western, postmodern, postwar (at least on our shores) criterion that has no place in the developing, conflict prone and often times preindustrial world, unless our experiences are somehow more 'real' and thus more valid as measures. You removed the line about not being a relativist

Wadani;934306 wrote: I wouldnt say their sense of safety and normalcy is distorted, because its perfectly calibrated with the conditions they find themselves in. They just have a different standard against which they judge safety/normalcy. Is there not a line we can draw for acceptably safe and unsafe conditions, rather than see it as relative? I agree with you that their sense of safety and normalcy is calibrated with their conditions, that's what I was getting at -- new ideas of "normal" and "safe" emerge in conflict and post-conflict contexts, when the reality may be that human security is still precarious.

Alpha Blondy;934286 wrote: yeah..... basically, i was saying that people shouldn't be speculating and stuff, inaar. just because you spent a summer holiday there, you can't really be talking like an expert, ya dig? That's true, but you can also observe a lot in a few weeks or months in a different place. I'll also go as far as saying people who live back home can sometimes have a distorted sense of safety and normalcy (because certain conditions/realities have become a new normal, in a way), which is why I'm interested in the perspectives of visitors. I have relatives in more unstable areas who will tell you everything is fine and urge you to visit, when it really isn't.

^^ care to elaborate?

Wadani;934265 wrote: When u say there u mean moqadishu right? Yep. I've been to Hargeisa recently.

SomaliPhilosopher;934245 wrote: Safety in Mogadishu and Hargeisa is night and day. The latter, I was able to to lurk around town 3 am (walking), while in Xamar, I was scolded on the daily for returning past maghrib (driving) Hmm. I'm just trying to gauge the level of normalcy and safety there these days before I decide to go (I was thinking about visiting sometime in 2014). Sounds like it's still too soon for what I'm comfortable with, though.

Juxa;934199 wrote: Oday, xamar was rough the first few days. I chose to stay with relatives instead of wasting the money on hotels when there is so much need. I really enjoyed it. Waking up, seeing relatives etc. I tried to limit going out to places where the qurbawi gather and instead went to the suuq with the girls, attempted public transport, donned indho shareer etc. When I got to hargeysa I was spoilt rotten and just relaxed. I also tried to see the locals and have nothing but great experience on both cities. I will go again this year insha Allah, hopefully for longer Not to derail the thread, but how safe did you feel in Mogadishu vs. your experience of Hargeisa?

Haatu;934076 wrote: They're Boran=Oromo. So... Kenyan, not Habesha.

wyre;934064 wrote: The guy in the interview who says, "they shoot us you some of our coleages are dead" is Habashi He's Kenyan

Saw this earlier today... if Westerners are going to make an industry out of Somalia, I take no issue with people like Bashir making them look like fools and getting some of that paper in the process.

Aaliyyah;933698 wrote: I agree with Che. The Somali government needs as much assistant as they can possibly get. But UAE is a rich nation. Not to mention the canadians were the only one paying; quiet unfair. It was a diplomatic issue between the two countries, it had nothing to do with needing revenue. UAE was angry that Canada did not allow Emirates and Etihad more landing rights in Canadian airports, and as a result UAE closed a Canadian military base there and introduced the costly visa for Canadians entering UAE.

Alpha Blondy;933592 wrote: irrespective of whether you can dip into a computer or not, can you please tell us how this freaky anomaly occurred? because i find it difficult to believe that it even occurred in the first place. if you also read the post above, you'll see the odds of 'this' occurring are incredibly thin. now, i don't deal in wax la yidhi's and other forms of speculations but your objective input, in reaching a conclusion, would be very much appreciated. Sure, the odds are low of this happening, but that certainly doesn't mean it's impossible. Genetics are weird like that. Each parent is half black and half white, so they each carry the genes of a white parent and a black parent, and any number of genetic combinations can take place, including this one in a million one.

It's about time... nothing worse than feeling like a prisoner in Dubai's airport when you have time to kill and could be out exploring the city for a few hours

Alpha Blondy;933583 wrote: where does it say...her parents are mixed race? and more importantly, how do we know this? Read the post above, it says "the parents... are of mixed race themselves." I've seen them on television too, and you can google them (I'd post a pic for you but I'm not at a computer right now). They are the same colour as the darker skinned little girl.

Alpha Blondy;933549 wrote: the black child should be adopted to a black couple or placed within a supportive black foster home/carers, immediately. if the ''mother'' had any common sense, she'll make the right decision. it'll be a farce to raise the black child in an environment so far removed from her. however, if raised in these unfamiliar environments, it'll have devastating consequences for her long term sense of self, identity and sense of belonging. What unfamiliar environment? She is half black and half white, and so are her parents, who have the same colour as her. If anything, it's the white-looking child that is out of place, because she doesn't look like her black parents.

Haatu;933166 wrote: Don't resort to insults. It's not a very good look. Calling someone naive is not a personal attack, it's saying that your line of argument is unsophisticated and shows a lack of understanding context outside of your own. Get over it. Alpha Blondy;933172 wrote: why are you telling people my attempts to intellectually seduce you via the PMs, inaar? i'm SHOCKED. we're finished now. thanks alot. nacala shakakakla! as if i had any shame left on these boards, an EXCLUSIVE slip of the tongue by SOL's finest doctor has ruined my lone-man credentials . thanks alot, saffzoow. we're finished! like i said. i hope you understand this!. leave me alone, okay? for goodness sakes, how am i going to explain this to Chubacky the Wacky, 5, Narnaih, somalicentric and all those other chicks i've ''allegedly'' dated via the PMs. my secret is out now and i will cry myself to sleep this African tonight. For the record, I dumped Alpha first. Ma'asalama!

Chimera;933119 wrote: Alpha is an extremely horny 'lost boy' that fled to Hargeisa where he now abuses Oromo maids and plays dictator. He doesn't like seeing women do anything more than cook and clean. According to sources that know him, Alpha's crime in London was of a sexual nature, and you can tell from the way he stalks you and the myriad of angry emoticons in the above posts that he has similar ill-intentions towards you. The man has an uncurable disease, and most likely will die in a couple months, stay alert until then. lol well I've only recently started posting regularly on SOL, so I'm only just starting to get a sense of the different personalities on here. Alpha has been trolling me since finding out I'm a doctoral student, hence all the comments about me being "uppity," "arrogant," a "pseudo-intellectual," etc.

Dee "inaar," how can you battle me if you've already lost? Box with someone in your own league

Haatu;933072 wrote: Yeah, the same education system that produces hundreds upon hundreds of success stories a year. This isn't about dodgy mortgages where the system is at fault sxb. You're very naive.