Mogadishu in the 1950s/60s

Somali Airlines postcard (black and white): ” Mogadiscio – Veduta aerea

The cathedral can be seen in the centre of the photo above, and its ruins in the centre of the photo below

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Video records of Mogadishu on YouTube…1

In the 1960s

Aadan Cade Madaxweynihii ugu horeeyay 1963 -SomalSwiss.net

In 1984

Taariikhdii Somalia Somali history 1960-91 – SomaliSwiss.net

Dhikr… is an Islamic practice that focuses on the remembrance of God. Dhikr as a devotional act often includes the repetition of the names of Allah  (from the Wikipedia entry on dhikr)

Dikr in Mogadishu in the 1980s (1st). 

Dikr in Mogadishu in the 1980s (2nd)

Undated dikr, possibly from the 1980s. Long, good sound. Others