Osman feared a future dictator would erase his democratic legacy

Evidence

His final comment was heartening in a continent of Caesars and tempted elites. “This dictator would never be Aden Abdulle, but it might be someone who came after me!” — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 962

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