Post-1967 Somali leaders died or fled while Osman lived unthreatened.

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Given the pioneering accomplishments of Africa’s first democrats, what political lessons might be gleaned from this sobering experience to reverse the political trends that have dominated Somalia since 1967? Three lessons stand out as the most relevant. The first is a warning to those who aspire to attain political leadership positions in the country. They ought to heed the reality that nearly all of those who have come to power since 1967 were either killed in office or imprisoned or had to flee the country once they were out of power. In contrast Osman lived on his farm along the Shabelle River or in his home in Mogadishu without fear for nearly forty years. No one ever threatened him, even at the height of the civil war in the 1990s. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1094