The demise of clan order in Somalia

By Mohamed Garad For more than 3 decades of mayhem, something major is happening in Somalia : a fundamental realignment of finding her true self. A historical error is ending. We stand at the twilight of a profound metaphysical transition: the dissolution of the clan-fiefdom illusion, an ontological fallacy masquerading as political order. Whether adored or abhorred, this dissolution has begun its irreversible course. Somaliland, Puntland, Galmudug, Jubaland, Southwest, Nort Western, whatever you call, are coming to their end. These were never been a polities. They're a mistake. An ontological error born of historical distortion. If clan division that exists at the national level dissolved that statehood, it also exists at the family level and dissolving itself. Clan is the negation of politics. It can never be a polity. What begins in falsehood cannot culminate in truth. As the Arab saying goes: "what starts crooked remains crooked." Now we face a defining question...