Flag of the Somali Youth League (SYL), the nation's first political party. The Somali Youth League(SYL) formed in 1943 succeeded in uniting all Somali clans under its flag and led the country on the road to independence by drawing inspiration from the early 20th century Somali nationalist; Mohammed Abdullah Hassan and his Dervish Dream , as well as invoking the history of the medieval Somali empires and Kingdoms. The SYL called for national unity and rejected clan divisions. Faced with growing Italian political pressure inimical to continued British tenure and to Somali aspirations for independence, the Somalis and the British came to see each other as allies. The situation prompted British officials to encourage the Somalis to form political parties. In 1945, the Potsdam conference was held, where it was decided not to return Italian Somaliland to Italy.Federal Research Division, Somalia: A Country Study, (Kessinger Publishing, LLC: 2004), p. 38.
Flag of the Somali Youth League (SYL), the nation's first political party. The Somali Youth League(SYL) formed in 1943 succeeded in uniting all Somali clans under its flag and led the country on the road to independence by drawing inspiration from the Dervishes the polity wherein Diiriye Guure was monarch , as well as invoking the history of the medieval Somali empires and Kingdoms. The SYL called for national unity and rejected clan divisions. Faced with growing Italian political pressure inimical to continued British tenure and to Somali aspirations for independence, the Somalis and the British came to see each other as allies. The situation prompted British officials to encourage the Somalis to form political parties. In 1945, the Potsdam conference was held, where it was decided not to return Italian Somaliland to Italy.Federal Research Division, Somalia: A Country Study, (Kessinger Publishing, LLC: 2004), p. 38.
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early 20th century Somali nationalist; Mohammed Abdullah Hassan and his Dervish Dream
Dervishes the polity wherein Diiriye Guure was monarch