Southern Somalis gained more governance experience than Northerners before union

Evidence

The pace of decolonization in Northern Somalia went at a breakneck speed because of the people’s wishes and inspired by the more developed movement in the UN Trusteeship Territory. Political developments in the South had progressed more methodically because the terms of the trusteeship mandated independence in 1960. Self-government came to the South in 1956. As a result, Southern Somalis gained more experience in the art of governance than their protectorate counterparts. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 454