A 🧵on Somali seamen and their resilient community in Cardiff Wales 🏴🇬🇧 
1⃣ Somali men at a Cafe in Cardiff
2⃣ The Habar Awal clan were the majority of the seamen in Cardiff and had a strong money pooling system to support one another in case of need.
3⃣ When hard times befell them, the HA men refused ⛪️aid citing their Islamic faith forbidding them to do so
4⃣ Abby Farah was a notable Welsh Somali from Cardiff & was Undersecretary General of the 🇺🇳
He was instrumental in freeing Nelson Mandela and fighting apartheid
He was instrumental in freeing Nelson Mandela and fighting apartheid
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