The Somaliland National Society first articulated the aim of uniting all Somalis

Evidence

From these tentative beginnings the Somaliland National Society emerged shortly afterwards. Its principal aims were to encourage modern education and progress in general and to seek to overcome the traditional particularistic rivalries which divided Somali society. Later, these general aims were elaborated into a more detailed programme which also included the aim of the unification of the Somali people and territories. While these aspirations, and particularly those approving western education, represented a distinct break with the past, the Society was in no sense anti-religious and indeed sought both inspiration and justification for many of its aims in Islam. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 316 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Somaliland’s 1930s political clubs explicitly sought unification of all Somalis; Early Somaliland nationalism sought pan-Somali unification within an Islamic frame. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 316; Greater Somalia unification became the official aim of government policy (+2 more)

Related

• Somaliland’s 1930s political clubs explicitly sought unification of all Somalis (similarity 0.97)
• Early Somaliland nationalism sought pan-Somali unification within an Islamic frame. (similarity 0.94)
• British wartime unification of Somali regions stoked nationalist spirit (similarity 0.89)
• Somaliland’s postwar nationalism emerged through the Somaliland National League and Isaqiya associations (similarity 0.87)
• Somalis saw Pan-Somalism as a regional application of Pan-African unity (similarity 0.86)
• Shared Islam underpins Somali national consciousness more than any state (similarity 0.86)
• Somalis framed unification as both Pan-Somali and Pan-African in principle (similarity 0.85)
• Greater Somalia unification became the official aim of government policy (similarity 0.84)
• Cultural nationalism, strengthened by Islam, underpins Somali nationalism (similarity 0.82)
• Young Somalis founded their political club on their own initiative, not British prompting (similarity 0.82)
• Public nationalist fervor pushed Somaliland to demand immediate union with Somalia. (similarity 0.82)
• Somali cultural nationalism had finally found strong modern political expression. (similarity 0.82)
• The Somalia union was jointly driven by both colonies, not forced by the north (similarity 0.81)
• SYL founders saw Somali unity as achievable by overriding genealogical segmentation (similarity 0.81)
• The chance to unify all Somali territories under one rule was irretrievably lost. (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Early Somaliland nationalism sought pan-Somali unification within an Islamic frame. #expands (0.70) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 316
• Greater Somalia unification became the official aim of government policy #qualifies (0.50)