Haji Musa exploited tribalism by provoking a clash over party offices

Evidence

Since it was well-known that that GSL covertly and openly preaches ‘Darodism’ [tribalism], Haji Musa thought he could provoke a major political incident and instigate ten- sion between Darod and Hawiye [genealogical groups]. He thought that by abruptly opening the offices of the two parties, the government and CC would reverse their action and all the Darods would be convinced of the problem [imagined tribalism in government] and he would emerge as the great defender. I think Haji Musa poorly calculated and no one is going to shut down the two parties’ offices.” — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1282

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

• XREF: Reveals the GSL’s use of Darod-Hawiye tensions against the SYL government, a key dynamic in the period.

Related

• Haji Musa reopened GSL offices to provoke Darod-Hawiye tension and pose as defender (similarity 0.91)
• Haji Musa stalled his promised resignation to entrench himself in office (similarity 0.80)
• Osman pressed Haji Musa Boqor to resign for unilaterally reopening GSL offices (similarity 0.79)
• Osman demanded Haji Musa’s resignation over the party-office clash (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Osman demanded Haji Musa’s resignation over the party-office clash #corroborates (0.75) — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1283