Tuesday, June 17, 2014

What an aging tortoise named ‘The Communist’ says about Somalia | Metro

What an aging tortoise named ‘The Communist’ says about Somalia | Metro

No one knows exactly when The Communist was born, but it was many decades ago, when the Italians ruled Mogadishu and brought with them pasta and cappuccinos and built boardwalks and majestic ivory white hotels along the beach.
The hotels are just ruins today, battered by RPGs and the AK47 crossfire of battling warlords and terrorists, yet still they stand sentry on Mogadishu’s coastline like prizefighters who refuse to be knocked down.
The Communist, or Shuuci as her name is in Somali, is a little beat-up too, but still standing. Or rather, crawling.

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