British colonial decisions against Somali wishes contributed to later Somali crises

Evidence

The denial of Somali wishes by Britain was only one of many acts by Britain that hobbled the Somali nation for decades, and some of today’s crisis can be traced back to these colonial misdeeds. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1235

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: British imperial strategy traded Somali protectorate treaties for trade access to Aden — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 190; Somali irredentism threatened the sanctity of colonial African frontiers — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 490; Nineteenth-century partition entrenched fragmentation of the Somali nation — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 374 (+7 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: British imperial strategy traded Somali protectorate treaties for trade access to Aden — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 190; Somali irredentism threatened the sanctity of colonial African frontiers — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 490; Nineteenth-century partition entrenched fragmentation of the Somali nation — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 374 (+7 more)