Geledi
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The Geledi are a Somali clan that live predominantly in the environs of Afgooye city. They are a sub-clan of the Digil and led the Geledi Sultanate during the late 17th to early 20th century. They are
Sultan Osman Ahmed (mounted) and his soldiers
View of the Bardera Citadel in the mid 1800s by Baron Karl Klaus von der Decken.
Charles Guillain's caravan expedition in 1848, meeting members of the Geledi clan, departing from Mogadishu.
An example of Somalis engaging in mock combat
Afgooye
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Afgooye is a town in the southeastern Somalia Lower Shebelle region of Somalia. It is the center of the Afgooye District. Afgooye is the third largest city of Southwest State. Afgooye is one of the ol
Geledi
…The Geledi are a Somali clan that live predominantly in the environs of Afgooye city. They are a sub-clan of the Digil and led the Geledi Sultanate during the late 17th to early 20th century. They are divided into two main lineage…
Farming village near Afgooye on the Shabelle river
British ethnologist Virginia Luling with a Somali woman in Afgooye in 1967