Above, a picturesque downtown Mogadishu around 1936. Pictured on the right is Arba Rukun mosque, known as the Mosque of the Four Pillars. Built in 1269 AD, the mosque predates Ibn Battuta's historic arrival in Somalia. The Italian-built Catholic cathedral, which now lies in ruins, sits in the center, and the Triumphal Arch, honoring Italian King Emmanuel III, on the left.
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RHEWITT
10:12 PM ET
November 17, 2011
Mogadishu
Mogadishu is one of dangerous place in the world...one Malaysian Cameraman TV shot in September 2011 by AMISOM force during charity mission.
BILLGARRISON
10:28 AM ET
November 18, 2011
Colonialism bad?
1930-1940s Italian fascism, bad - yes.
1950s British colonialism, arrogant - yes.
1980+ Somali rule, just reverting back to their pre-colonial 1880s anti-democratic, pro-slavery, thugism mentality.
NAIZGI
5:38 AM ET
November 19, 2011
Yes colonialism is cruel
Read more you racist pig
NAIZGI
5:39 AM ET
November 19, 2011
Yes colonialism is cruel
Read more you racist pig
NAIZGI
5:41 AM ET
November 19, 2011
Yes colonialism is cruel
Read more you racist pig
SKOTMCARTHUR@YAHOO.CA
4:46 PM ET
November 23, 2011
Too soon to tell
Sure but it is all relative. As the Liberians chanted recently - bring back the british. Looking back I am sure Zimbabweans might have wished for a longer transition period. And now we have the great anti-colonial hope - South Africa - contolling the press. Freedom? Maybe that's a 'colonial construct' Norman colonialism worked out ok for England. Who is to say that if we had been more patient that a unique vabriant culture would not have emerged in Africa - a blending of colonist and native into something newer, better, stronger. Now we'll never know. Africa was hurt by colonialism but hurt just as much by western ideas of anticolonialism and nationalism.
XTRAWIZE
3:10 AM ET
November 30, 2011
Any form of oppression is bad...
And so is anarchy. People should learn to be humans. You can learn how to play guitar, use Hostgator discount code and manage businesses. Sad that we don't have courses where you can learn how to be a good human being.
PAULMCCABE
8:14 AM ET
November 19, 2011
great photos of Mog...
...where I lived and worked in 1981. The famous Croce del Sud restaurant, where we used to eat cold spaghetti and rancid camel meat, was known colloquially as the The Southern Crotch. Overall Mog was a wretched place to live, but better than Hargeysa - my previous post with WFP.
MOSES12
3:33 PM ET
November 20, 2011
Time changes everything
The Mog has been through a lot over its time in history and it has seen a lot of ruling parties. I love the old pictures, can you imagine what they would look like with a Canon C300? I would not mind being a therapist over there...a lot of work to keep me busy.
USAMA2
2:40 AM ET
November 22, 2011
Ah yes, the wonderful era of
Ah yes, the wonderful era of foreign occupation, colonization, enslavement, all while lounging on the beach.
SHAZIB111
1:26 PM ET
November 23, 2011
you are right..
you are right by saying Once known as the "pearl of the Indian Ocean," tourists flocked by the plane-full until the country descended into civil unrest in the 1990s. Now the only visitors are aid workers and their heavily armed bodyguards. When a Canadian tourist landed in Mogadishu last year, immigration officials thought he was either a spy or insane.
Mogadishu had really changed a lot.
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JASSIMO
3:41 PM ET
November 24, 2011
This is one of the most
This is one of the most dangerous places in the world..
NICK_KINGS
2:39 PM ET
November 30, 2011
Poverty
What are the poverty levels there? Is a lot of the crime due to lack of decentaverage starting salaries or jobs in general, or does it run deeper than that?
SINIBALDI
11:47 AM ET
November 28, 2011
Dans la lumière...
La nuit vient
avec la douceur
d'un courant
de poésies, avec
la chanson qui
dort dans le
rêve en donnant
l'harmonie de la
fugitive neige.
Francesco Sinibaldi
HARLEYRIDINUSMCBRAT
4:52 PM ET
December 2, 2011
Education for Someone Educated in the '90s
When the majority of your education takes place in the 90's, this really helped add some depth to what I should have learned about Somalia and Mogadishu. I really only had the current events via the news and then age approrpriate matieral given to me as I moved up through school; I don't remember a lick of Somalia's history being taught to us. Understanding the background in any country helps make sense of a conflict.
Regardless of colonists - what it comes down to is what people do with the power handed to them after they are given independence. I'm not saying it's going to be easy, but given that multiple countries throughout history managed not to turn into hell holes after having fought or being granted their freedoms, this is truly on the hands of those who were given the power.
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10:45 AM ET
December 3, 2011
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8:01 AM ET
December 7, 2011
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DOMINOES
12:04 PM ET
December 10, 2011
The good old days
It amazes me how much these places have changed...and how putting Israel on the map disturbed the entire world...it is silly to take what is written in a book and change the entire map and the entire dynamics of the entire world...it is sad to see how there is a different world out there now that is completely different and impoverished..I have a friend who owns a shop doing austin auto repair and his dad traveled to Somalia after the war and said how beautiful and peaceful it was...not the same story in today's day and age. Hopefully it can recover and the world can enjoy peace.