Somalia's Scientific Socialism

<p><strong>In this episode we discuss Somalia's socialist government between 1969-1991. This movement was led by Mohamed Siad Barre, a Somali Communist politician. Under the Supreme Revolutionary Council, Barre transformed Somalia into a one-party Marxist-Leninist communist state, renaming the country the Somali Democratic Republic and adopting a concept called scientific socialism, with support from the Soviet Union. Whilst Barre’s rule had initial success: modernisation, nationalisation and anti-tribalism, defeat in the Ogaden War triggered Somali rebellion and dissatisfaction. You can find sources below.</strong></p> <p><strong>Please excuse any background noise in this episode, recording via Zoom has its challenges!</strong></p> <p><strong>Follow us on IG: itsacontinentpod and Twitter: itsacontinent. We're on Patreon too:</strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/itsacontinent"><strong> patreon.com/itsacontinent</strong></a></p> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong></p> <p><strong>Chinny: Twitter/IG: chindomiee</strong></p> <p><strong>Astrid: IG: astrid_monologuesx</strong></p> <p><strong>Music provided by Free Vibes:</strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?redir_token=hkqGH4Lu_PwMlfLRdEnfPX7UYQR8MTU4MzA4NjYzNkAxNTgzMDAwMjM2&amp;v=3C8GXr44boM&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fgoo.gl%2FNkGhTg&amp;event=video_description"><strong> https://goo.gl/NkGhTg</strong></a></p> <p><strong>Warm Nights by Lakey Inspired:</strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?redir_token=hkqGH4Lu_PwMlfLRdEnfPX7UYQR8MTU4MzA4NjYzNkAxNTgzMDAwMjM2&amp;v=3C8GXr44boM&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Flakeyinspired%2Fwarm-nights&amp;event=video_description"><strong> https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/...</strong></a></p> <p><strong>Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?redir_token=hkqGH4Lu_PwMlfLRdEnfPX7UYQR8MTU4MzA4NjYzNkAxNTgzMDAwMjM2&amp;v=3C8GXr44boM&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby-sa%2F3.0%2F&amp;event=video_description"><strong>https://creati