SOMALI CORNERHOME OF SOMALI HISTORY
SOMALI CORNERHOME OF SOMALI HISTORY
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Later rationalisation, in my reading. The Somali plant name geed-xamar predates the colour story — full argument is in the etymology article and the research notes.
Because the genealogies and shared ritual vocabulary show exchange in both directions. "Colonisation" pre-decides that culture only moved one way. The evidence doesn't.