Debating Somali Identity in a British Tribunal: The Case of the BBC Somali Service

Abstract

This essay presents a British court case to illustrate the arguments of two competing schools of thought about the nature of Somali political identity: one that defines Somali political conflict as traditional clanism and its opposite, which contests the conflation of political discord with genealogical differences.

Qoraalkani wuxuu ka hadlayaa arrin maxkamadeed oo ku dhacday Ingiriiska si loo muujiyo laba fikradood oo ku saabsan dabeecadda dhabta ah ee siyaasadda soomaaliyeed: fikrad waxay muujinaysaa in dhibaatada siyaasadda soomaaliyeed ay salka ku hayso qabyaaladda soo jireenka ah, midda kalena waxay aaminsantahay in aan xiriir ka dhexeynin khilaafaadka siyaasadeed iyo kala duwanaanta abtirsimaha.

Questo articolo presenta un caso giudiziario britannico per illustrare le due principali scuole di pensiero sulla natura dell'identità politica somala: da una parte chi definisce il conflitto politico somalo come clanismo tradizionale e, dall'altra, chi contesta la corrispondenza tra disaccordo politico e differenze genealogiche.