Somalia’s Sovereign Maritime Destiny (The Blue Identity) – OpEd

Throughout history and until the  nineteenth century, the identity of the Somali people was defined not by the shifting sands of the interior or through pastoral nomadism, but by the vast, blue expanse of the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. From the ancient Land of Punt to the sophisticated mercantile empires of the Ajuran and the Adal Sultanates, Somalis were the undisputed masters of the monsoon winds. 

“Reer Saxil iyo Reer Suurba yimidee, doonyaha Bumbay, ma Birbaa ku jaban?,” which...