The Somali nation and the curse of the colonial legacy
. The Statue of the the greatest hero of the Somali nation in 20th century, Sayid Mohammed Abdulle Hassan (1856--1920), Mogadishu, Somalia By Mohamed Garad The world we live in is full of mysterious events that sometimes change our perception of the globe forever. Among the events that sparked astound interests that the world has witnessed recently is the discovery of the archaeological remains of the great civilization of the Aztecs in Mexico City, Mexico. It was on the night of the 21st of February 1978 when a group of workmen digging electric cables hit struck the first stone of what once used to be a vast and advanced civilization just two meters into the earth. The discovery of this archaeological ruin was remarkable. President of Mexico, Jose Lopez Portillo, ordered the demolition of entire blocks of the city and a full-scale archeological dig of the area. The findings were astonishing. The more the archeologists dug in, the deeper they went into a vast empire beneath the e