"Real History" with Melissa - Ep. 27 - "Osman -- A Diplomat's Son" - July 20, 2023

Osman in Somalia - Born in Uganda, Raised from Early Childhood in London, England - Idi Amin - Somalia Based on Clan System of Families - Somalia, Ethiopia, Russia, Cuba and U.S. Intervention - Coup Attempt Against Somali Regime - Father Quit Working for the Government, Moved the Family to Kenya - His Father's Relationship with Idi Amin - Soviet Involvement in Somalia, Soviet Experts Building Up Somalia's Military - Father Worked with the Opposition, Moved Family to Libya - Moved to London Shortly Before 7th Birthday; Changes in London - Immigration - Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Buyer Beware - Glorification of Criminality in Fiction, "Getting Away With It" - University in
Scotland, Studied Geology and then Biochemistry, Infomatics, Genomics - mRNA Vaccine, Gene Therapy - Returning to Somalia to Live and Work.

The Sultanates of Somalia
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldcivilization/chapter/the-sultanates-of-somalia/

1969 Somali coup d'état
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Somali_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat

Ogaden War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogaden_War

1978 Somali coup d'état attempt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_Somali_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt

Somali Civil War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Civil_War

Somalia: Fall of Siad Barre and the civil war
https://sites.tufts.edu/atrocityendings/2015/08/07/somalia-fall-of-siad-barre-civil-war/

Somali Salvation Democratic Front
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Salvation_Democratic_Front

Somali diaspora
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_diaspora

Mythical Idi Amin: Did writers get the real truth about him?
https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/magazines/life/mythical-idi-amin-did-writers-get-the-real-truth-about-him--3642240

Tony Blair hits out at 'myth' that he allowed 'uncontrolled immigration' into Britain
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/980252/Tony-Blair-BBC-immigration-European-Union-Labour-Party

MIT researchers to lead a new center for continuous mRNA manufacturing
https://news.mit.edu/2023/mit-researchers-lead-new-center-mrna-manufacturing-0713

End of Black Sea Grains Deal Promises Pain for Africa's Neediest
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-07-17/end-of-black-sea-grains-deal-promises-pain-for-africas-neediest

Poetry from Somalia
https://citylore.org/grassroots-poetry/endangered-poetry-initiative/poetry-from-somalia/

Hadraawi: the most famed poet in Somalia, the land of the poets
https://theconversation.com/hadraawi-the-most-famed-poet-in-somalia-the-land-of-the-poets-189472

Hudeidi - Uur Hooyo (Feat. Aar Maanta)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxbh6a3o8bA

Hudeidi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudeidi

Hudeidi: The Somali 'king of oud' who was felled by coronavirus
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52280216

Aar Maanta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aar_Maanta

How Somali pop star Aar Maanta is banding the diaspora together with music
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/arab-showcase/2023/07/13/how-somali-pop-star-aar-maanta-is-banding-the-diaspora-together-with-music/

Maryam Mursal - Heesteena (live at Africa Calling)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKHGlXoqd_A

Maryam Mursal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryam_Mursal