Pan-Africanists publicly endorsed the Somali Youth League’s demand for unified trusteeship.

Evidence

The SYL’s plight was noted by the famous Pan-Africanist George Padmore: “The Somali Youth League’s demand for a unified Somalia under temporary United Nations Trusteeship as a first step towards self-government was unanimously endorsed by the Africans when the commission representing Great Britain, America, Soviet Union, and France, visited Mogadishu in 1948. The Somalis have no illusion that their legitimate right of self-determination will prevail over the imperialist claims and counter-claims of the Western Powers and they intend to continue the fight for their liberties against all obstacles.” — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1234

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to reader’s interest in how Somali nationalism intersected with broader pan-Africanist and decolonization movements.