Somaliland region of Gabliey is the core of education,
sour ce of farming, mother of nationalism poetry,
foundation of journalism and center of business
Historians agree the birth of world civilization have
started in the Middle East like Mesopotamia the land of
the two rivers Tigris and Euphrates and Egypt. According
to historians civilization st arted in Egypt 3100 BC and
Mesopotamia in 3200 BC. These two areas are widely
considered to be the cradle of world civilization. Many
different elements must come together before a human
community develops to the level of sophistication
commonly referred to as civilization. However
archaeological evidences indicate that, agriculture,
availability of water and education are the natural
elements that helped the formation of world
civilization. Geographically, Gabiley is locate d 54 km
west of Hargeisa the capital of Somaliland to the north
by the Gulf of Aden to the west Somaliland region of
Awdal and the south the Somali region of Ethiopia
formerly known as Zone 5. Deriving from above historical
evidences, Somaliland land town of Gabiley is core of
education, source of farming and mother of nationalism
poetry. The town is also the place where many pop ular
journalists like Nicmo Samriye that I previously written
about her tilted as Nicmo has been recognized and voted
as the most admired, most respected, most popular, most
influential, mos t iconic female journalist among the
Somali speaking people anywhere in the world which you
c an find in the Google had enter the title of the
article originates from Gabiley. According to my
understanding the popular journalist Ahmed Hassan Cawke
also originates from Gabiley. Other famous personalities
like Idris Egal who was once upon time a leading popular
journalist during the times in Somalia also originates
from Gabiley. The two brothers professor namely Ahmed
Ismail Samatar and Abdi Ismail Samatar are also
originate from Gabiley. Ahmed was the former dean the
Institute for Global Citizenship at Macalester College
and Abdi is the professor of geog raphy and chair of the
geography department at the University of Minnesota. The
late promine nt poet during the pre- and post-colonial
period also originates from Gabiley.
According to Wikipedia Timacade was born in 1920 in the
small town of Gabiley which is situated near Somaliland
region of Gabiley in 1920 and subsequent living in
Ethiopia and Djibouti in 1940 and 1950 respectively, he
returned his original home town Gabiley in an effort
taking part for th e liberation movement against the
British administration. This great leader has died on
February 06, 1973 in Kalabadh and buried in Gabiley. The
ultimate measure of man is not where he stands in
moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands
at times of challenge and controv ersy. A leader like Timacade is one who sees more than others see who sees
farther than othe rs see, and who sees before others see.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn
more, do more and become more, you are a leader like Timacade. We fight neither for glory nor for wealth nor
honours; but only and alone we fight for freedom, which
no good man surrenders but with his life.”Leaders touch
a heart before they ask for a hand. If your action.
Inspire other s to dream more, learn more, do more and
become more, you are a leader. Leadership consists of
nothing but taking responsibility for everything that
goes wrong and giving your subordina tes credit for
everything that goes well. Great leaders inspire. They
maintain a hopeful attitude, even in the face of
discouraging setbacks, constant criticism and abundant
opposition. People don't follow discouraged leaders.
They follow those who persist with hope. Those who
command themselves command others. It’s better to die
fighting for freedom than to live life in chains."E very
one of us knows that, the late Abdillahi sultan Timacde
was great Freedom fighter whose nationalist poems have
deeply inspiring us. He was unbelievably true
nationalist that all Somalis everywhere admire him
reason being free from tribalism mentality freedom
fighter learns the hard way that it is the oppressor who
defines the nature of the struggle, and the oppressed is
often left no recourse but to use methods that mirror
those of the oppressor. This is the place that our great
poet Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed 'Timacade' who is still
recognized both Somalil and and Somalia alike as the
source of Somali nationalism apart his nationalist
poetry which is still admired by Somalis alike. The late Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed 'Timacade was of those who
lead the Somaliland liberation movements against the
British colonial administration. Timacade was famous for
his numerous poems and his joyful poetry to mark
independence celebrations in June 26, 1960.His
nationalist poem Kan Siib Kana Saaar still stands
unchallengeable art of poetry in any time. This art of
poetry has found its thought and the thought has found
words. Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting
that speaks poetry.
Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed 'Timacade poetry expresses
emotions that we cannot be put into words.Timacade
poetry healed the wounds inflicted by nationalism. Late
Abdillahi Suldaan Moha mmed Poetry is all that is worth
remembering in life .Timaccde Poetry is a mirror which
makes beautiful that which is distorted. His Poetry is
the art of uniting pleasure with truth. His Poetry is
language at its most distilled and most powerful. His
poetry was nearer to vital truth than history, instead
of combat fight, Timacade age can be used his poetry as
bullet. His Poetry stills the mother-tongue of all
Somalis alike. Abdillahi Suldaan poetry is the
revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be
interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his
own. His Poetry is the crown of literature which is
admired by all of alike. Everyone time we listen his
Poetry, we thinks reading a book or novel. Late timacde
was soldiers using his poetry to liberate us from the
British colonial administration. Each of his word bears
its weight and that is why read his poems quite often.
His poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed,
which consumes the scabbard that would contain. His
poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and
widely effective mode of saying things.
During the colonial days his Poetry was a political act
because it involves telling the truth. Duri ng the
colonial days his poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion,
revolution, and the raising of conscio usness. Every age
has its own poetry; in every age the circumstances of
history choose a nati on, a race, a class, but late Timacade poems is poetry of all times. Teach our
children his poetry, it opens minds for them, lends
grace to wisdom and makes them knowing the heroic
figures mar ked by our history. A grain of his poetry
suffices to season a century. Basically poetry is above
all a concentration of the power of language, which is
the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in
the universe. Late Ttimacade originates from Somaliland
town “Gabiley” which is heart of farming land. And
everybody of us wants to support his own region and
economy and farming. If we can preserve the land and if
we can preserve the ocean, we all know, deep inside that
we're doing the right thing. Coming from a farming
background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running
barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest of the
athletics world. I have always enjoyed going barefoot
and when I was growing up I seldom wore shoes, even wh en
I went into town. The ultimate goal of farming is not
the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection
of human beings.” teaching the children of Gabiley how
to feed themselves and how to live in a community
responsibly is the centre of an education.” Good farmer
is a craftsman of the highest order, a kind of artist.
The farmer from Gabiley not only gives riches to his
town, but riches all Somaliland. Farming is eating act.
The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of
crops, but the cultivation and perfection of all of us.
Farming is like digging knowledge from the earth and
Gabiley is a fountain of knowledge. A business which
involved trade and services generates work opportunities
and the revenue for the government that is benefited by
the societies in various forms and the famous
businessman like Ibrahim Dheer, Xoogsade and Oomaar
originates as well from Gabiley.Sheikh Ali Bayle who was
an Islamic scholar and ex-breading the Islamic religion
also originates from that town.
Being written many articles about Gabiley, many could
wonder what encouraged me to write th ese continuous with
regard to Gabiley even though I am not origins from that
historical town, the answer simply is, our daily
experiences has an impact and determines with the way we
think normally and deriving from this basic fundamental
fact. When gave someone’s life importance, this is not
happened out of coincidences, but there is reasons that
influenced to make it happe ned. I have learned directly
or indirectly few exceptional friends that every one of
them has ad mired me. The worst miser is not the stingy
personalities, but he is the one who fail to reveal the
good things that he experienced in practical life. The
best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be
seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.
Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest
acts. This is the secret of success. Try to be a rainbow
in some one's cloud. The best moments in reading are when
you read someone important to you lik e the personalities
that, their names listed in the above. “History, like
love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an
atmosphere of imaginary brightness. In conclusion, there
are two people in the world namely these who read
history and those we read their history which is in the
case for the people that, their names listed in the
above. In the event you don't know your past history,
then you are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a
tree. If history were taught in the form of stories, it
would never be forgotten.” History is not often about
dates and places and wars. It's about the people who
fill the spaces between He who doesn't understand
history is doomed to repeat it. Finally, it is hard to
throw away history. It was like you were throwing away a
part of yourself. To every one of us, our history ought
to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our
civic responsibility. It is an enlargement of the
experience of being alive, just the way liter ature or
art.
Ismail Lugweyne.
Rabasoro55@hotmail.co.uk
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