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Grant:
Thanks, Diagnostic! Where do I know you from?

Diagnostic:
I know you because there is only one Grant who worked with peace corps in Jilib!

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Diagnostic

Dr.smile:
 ur somali is even better than mine :)
 dentla school in hargysa has been my fathers deram 4 along time

Doctoor:
But Dr.Smile, you speak English better than he speaks Somali language.
Mr.Grant, could you tell us How Somali looked like in the 60s?.
Doctoor

Grant:
I don't know what to tell you. I only knew it then and I don't know all the ways in which it changed.

I was there 1966-67. Hamar was quite small. When I was there I stayed in Shingani and walked to the southern outskirts to a truck stop to catch a ride to Kismayo.

The only roads in the country were inside Mog and between Kismayo and Jilib. There was only one traffic light, in downtown Mog, between two cement highrises, near the only shop in town where you could get an ice cream cone. We mostly ate at Cali Madowbe's, which was beside a large building I think may have been the Isbahaysiga Mosque. (?)

The residential part of Hargeysa was just a large aqal camp. Dusamareeb had three stone buildings.

We frequently saw elephants in Jilib, usually in the evening, usually crossing the road. I saw lion prints crossing the road once on the western outskirts.

I had an arish on the western side of town, on the same street as the police station. My back neighbor was the goat pasture. School was a relic from the Italian era.

I got lucky and was able to spend a few days each in Eyl, Tallex and Barawe. I got into Kismayo one day every other week. I also got to Beledweyn, Merka and Afgoye.

What can I tell you?

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