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“Mogadiscio – Torre Amnara”
Location: Latitude 2.037106, Longtitude: 45.353424Filed under: Mosques
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“Somalia Ex Britannica”
This copy provided courtesy Bruce Eady: ” It is an official Italian army postcard which was sent free of postage by the troops. Soldiers had to put their unit details to get the free postage — in this...
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“Mogadiscio – Viale Sorrentino”
This copy provided courtesy of Bruce Eady. Posted in 1923. Location unknown. If you can help identify the location please use the Comment facility belowFiled under: 1918 - 1940, Street scenes
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“Mogadiscio – Mercato Amarnini”
This copy provided courtesy of Bruce Eady. Possible date: early 1920s. Location unknown, but likely to be in the vicinity of Xamar Weyne. If you can help with the location please use the Comment...
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“Mogadiscio – Moschea Scek Ibraim”
Where is it located? Possibly somewhere near or in between the old El Gab market and Xamar Weyne. Please post your suggestions below using the Comment feature. The same mosque appears in this older...
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“Merca – Missionari i poveri”
Dated 1911. Published by Missione Francescana di MogadiscioFiled under: Marka, People, Religion, Street scenes
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An introduction to shax: A Somali game
This is a pdf copy of a short paper I wrote while living in Mogadishu, with the assistance of Ibrahim Awad, Abdidahir Ali Hirsi, Axmed Ismacil Jamac, and Axmed Liban Axmed. It was on the web for a...
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Tre Biano building
(from Italian “tre piani” meaning “3 floors”? ) On Via Maka-Almukarama, Mogadishu. Seen here on Google maps. I lived in an apartment here from 1986 to 1989. I would like to know more about the history...
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Loyada border post, circa 1935
Source: Wikipedia – Cropped from a postcard issued by G.B. (Grand Bazar), Djibouti, before 1935. I think this is on the Djibouti side of the border. When I crossed this border in 1984 and 1985 it...
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