Osman joined the Somali Youth Club in 1944 as member thirty.

Evidence

After establishing his business in Belet Weyne he traveled to Mogadishu in 1944 and met the men of the Somali Youth Club (SYC), which changed its name to Somali Youth League (SYL) in 1945, and became member number thirty. He also registered Abdullahi Issa Mohamoud as member number twenty-nine. Upon his return to Belet Weyne he told Sheikh Ali Jimale about the new organization, who subsequently joined. The SYC opened a branch office in Belet Weyne a year later and Osman and Jimale rotated as the SYC branch secretary. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 181

Categorization

• XREF: Establishes the early network of Somali nationalist figures — Osman, Abdullahi Issa Mohamoud, Sheikh Ali Jimale — who together form the founding generation that leads Somalia to independence. — connects to: The Somali Youth Club married religious ideals with modern secular nationalism; The Somali Youth Club was founded on Somali initiative, not British prodding; Osman was the thirtieth member of the Somali Youth League
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 181