This video shows the areas the Indians had in Xamar Weyne https://twitter.com/awbadmaaxe/status/1248670871645908992
My uncle has bought a house in Cabdalla Shideye from these Indians who had to move out of Xamar Weyne during the civil war
The man doing this video looks very upset at how the area he grew up along with his family has changed significantly and he’s family no longer own these homes
These Indian merchants have lived in Somalia since early 1800s and settled in all the old banaadiri towns (Xamar, Marka and Mogadishu) and very much consider themselves as one
Here’s a video of the Indians from Xamar Weyne escaping to Mombasa with some reer xamar families fleeing with them
A lot of the Indians in xamar weyne were 12ever Shias and this was their mosque
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