This video documents the Somali diaspora community in Uganda, known as 'Little Mogadishu,' showcasing their vibrant Eid celebrations at the largest mosque in East Africa, highlighting themes of interfaith harmony, community solidarity, and the successful integration of Somalis into Ugandan society through education, business, and cultural preservation.
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Inside Little Mogadishu🇸🇴 in Uganda 🇺🇬 On Eid Day, Somalis City Away from SomaliaAdded:
What what what plans you have after here? What are you going to do after here?
>> You find a place.
>> A place? Yes.
>> Sure.
>> Yes.
>> After you you finish the follow enjoy your day. Enjoy your day.
>> Enjoy. So guys, >> yeah. Yeah. So we walk around showing people love. All right. This is how you do it. Then you put them >> second home. I have children. I have stud here. I complet my master and var.
>> Yeah. I'm wish you >> are you going for prize now or you finished?
>> We are finished already. Hey, >> you have done around 80.
>> Okay. I mean, I'm a YouTuber. I walk around making videos. You from which country?
>> Sorry.
>> Which country are you from?
>> I'm from Somalia.
>> Okay. How is Uganda?
>> Uganda is very good.
>> Okay. All the best.
>> Wow. So guys, I just finished prayer.
Wow. Uh people come. Wow.
happiness.
So I think it's uh time we go and celebrate the day the inside Muslim community of Uganda.
All right. How are you? How are you? How are you?
>> Let's go. Let's go. Yes. Yes. Let's go.
You training?
>> Ah, a little bit. A little bit. A little bit.
>> You You're finished?
>> Yeah.
>> Right now. Okay.
Yeah. Eat him back.
Eat him back. Eat him back. Eat him back. Eat him back. Eat him back.
Back. Yeah, man.
So, this is how we pull up.
Yes.
Wow.
Well, guys, we're coming this side to see.
Hello. How are you? Eden Bar. Yeah. Yeah. Eden Barak. Eden Barak.
Eden. Yeah. Yeah. Eden Barak. Yeah.
Yeah.
Wow.
Guys, this is the place where I was I'm told there was a big big big celebration. Yeah. So, I brother, how are you? Good. Good. How was it, man?
Good.
>> It's good. Okay. I love you guys. I came here to celebrate with you guys. Hello.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
So guys, >> this is KU University where I the biggest celebration happened.
>> What does that mean?
>> Oh man, she used some complex numbers, complex words actually.
>> I was waiting for you to enter was looking for you guys.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. How are you, brother?
>> How are you?
>> Yeah, you came to celebrate with you guys. You finished right now.
>> Oh, wow. Bad. We didn't so bad you couldn't get time. It embarrassed. It embarrassed. It embarrassing pictures.
>> Yes. Yes. Wow.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, we have a group of of Tik Tockers. Yeah. So, this where celebration was happened uh from and yes uh even back.
>> Yeah. Yeah. How are you? Say hello. How are you?
>> Yeah. You Tik Toker just for yourself?
>> How was the celebration?
>> How was the celebration?
>> It's good.
>> It's good. Okay. Okay. All right. All right. Enjoy your day.
>> Thank you.
>> Okay. Okay. We came late and finished prayers.
Yeah. Okay. Is means what?
>> God is good. Oh, okay.
>> Wow. Guys, this is where >> Yes, I'm fine. How are you?
>> Hey, they shy. It's okay. It's okay. How are you, bro? How was the celebration?
>> All right. So, some people like watching video on the video.
>> Understanding. Yes. So, let's see the aftermath of prayers. Oh, yes. How are you? How was the celebration, bro? It was good.
>> Yes. Yes. Wow.
>> Yes. Hey, that's our guy.
>> Hey, this is our guy, man. You know, >> hey, how are you?
>> Good. Good.
>> How was the celebration, bro?
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You enjoyed?
>> Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. Brod.
>> How are you?
>> Fine. Fine.
>> Now you're coming.
>> Hey, we coming, bro.
>> I'm here.
>> Bro, how is it celebration? It >> is very good.
>> Yeah.
>> I'm happy to see all of my people Muslims here.
>> Okay.
>> So, how do you say Idubar in your language?
>> Okay. Come. Let's tell some people. A group of people. Edi anxidi anx.
>> How is it saying? How is pronounced?
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. How was how was the celebration back?
>> How was the celebration? I YouTube no problem YouTube no problem YouTube good sister how was the celebration >> it was good >> h where you from >> I came from Somalia >> to enjoy YouTube >> no problem YouTube >> how are you not criminal good Yeah. So we are looking for people to interview here and see what else. You want to say hello Eden back. Yeah. Yeah.
Where are you from?
>> How is it? How is the experience here?
>> Yeah. You you talk. That's the problem.
No, you talk and tell us howdy. How how was I celebration? I saw your YouTube video >> from where?
>> So I want to ask people how is the experience? Um how is it celebration?
>> Actually asking you can see it's good to be also it was raining when it's raining.
>> You pray when that's a blessing right?
>> Yeah blessing sign of blessing.
>> Okay >> thank you. All right. So, I came here just to show people how it is like celebrate.
>> Okay.
>> You have to interview this guy as you see.
>> Okay. So, what message do you have for people out there watching?
>> What What plans do you have after here?
What are you going to do after here?
>> We are looking for meat.
>> We are looking at meat.
>> Meat.
>> Yeah. To eat meat. This is okay to >> meat. You're going looking for meat.
>> We have to eat, right?
>> This one is the one for meat >> to we have to look at meat. So all of us we are looking somewhere to eat from.
>> Okay. You invite us also.
>> We are looking together. We don't have to. We are looking together >> for a place for meat.
>> You have place for meat.
>> Okay.
>> You have any place?
>> A place? Yes.
>> Sure.
>> Yes.
>> After you you finish the photo, we shall come together.
So your YouTube channel.
Let me see.
>> I followed you even I think >> you followed me. Wow.
to tell him.
>> Yeah, but he's scary.
>> He's scared. Okay.
>> How are you guys?
>> How was your >> Hey, it is very good for >> Okay. What plans do you have after >> after? Yeah.
>> After that, we are just enjoying our friend, playing some PlayStation, just taking some Chinese. Yeah.
>> Okay. Okay.
>> Yeah. Taking with family and friends.
>> Okay. Enjoy your day, bro.
>> Yeah. Good night.
>> Good night.
Did you say good night?
>> Good day. Enjoy the day.
>> Enjoy the day. Okay.
So guys, there were thousands of people who had turned up here for celebration.
You see the other side as well.
>> Okay.
>> How are you, bro?
>> How are you?
>> How is it?
>> For your name.
>> Batan.
>> Batan.
>> Jo. Enjoy your day, bro.
>> Okay.
So guys, I hope we don't have a problem uh with uh so people are enjoying enjoying Yeah. One love. Enjoy. Okay. Where are you guys from? Sudan.
>> Sudan. Okay. I love you guys. Enjoy your day. Okay. Please.
>> Okay. Yes. Okay. Wow. So, >> yes. Yes. So guys, that's what you need to uh to conquer in this life to win or to be a successful person in this life. You need to be a go-getter. Go get her. So that was where we were. Next time if you want to pray, come here. All right, guys. Enjoy your day. Enjoy.
>> I'm going there.
>> Okay. All right. Yeah. Okay. Now me I'm going to >> walk around then I can go where they say. Yeah.
So people are coming from this side.
I see there's also like a a mosque around here. So you can't see people coming.
Oh the mosque there.
>> There a mosque. The mosque mosque there.
Okay. Wow. I think different mosques have different terms of prayers. Wow.
Yes. Wow. This is prayers. Yeah. Yeah.
Barak.
Yeah. Yeah.
Barak.
So ask me when people are done.
Show people what's going on. What's going on? What's going on? What's going on?
Yes.
Wow.
Wow.
is going to make your parliament.
>> So that's how the legisl came to see so many uh my Muslim brothers and sisters um have mubarak.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Barak.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Barak sister. Sister Barak.
Yeah. Yeah.
Wow.
So in there there is there are mosqu. So I different mos leave at different times.
I show you other places. Yeah. So here we have this uh people from different countries from different religions is a lovely country. So don't be late by what you hear or telling you is yeah so can love. I am a Christian. They are Muslims. We don't have any problem with each other. We live freely. When it's time, we come and wish them well.
Yeah. So, not usually like this. But, >> uh it's like not don't worry. This is where we wanted to come and celebrate with our brothers and have an amazing amazing amazing. You see, I'm walking like though there's somewhere I'm going to go to. I There's nowhere I'm going to. I'm just someone.
Wow. You see people here like as if I'm going somewhere. I'm pretending like I'm going somewhere.
Yeah. So, I'm pretending like Wow.
So, let's sit. Yeah. Sister coffee is here. Coffee here.
>> Yeah. Sister, you open?
>> Come. So we go elsewhere.
>> Okay. No problem. Okay. Sister. Hello.
How are you?
>> Can I ask you a question? How how are you planning to celebrate your ED?
>> I don't know.
>> You don't know English?
>> See this as it?
>> Yeah. Yeah. So we walk around showing people love. No problem. We just I want you to say um to people watching you from like all love. There's no problem. Okay. You say that. Hello. How are you?
>> No.
All right. So those are my friends. I said, "Oh, we watch you." Okay. We we know you. So Okay. So these are all guys stuff like this. You know me.
Uh, back eating back.
So I was interested in having coffee the other side.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So today my focus was the other side. So yeah. So now we're going to go somewhere.
Well, this is what the traffic of Kala looks like.
Campala, my lovely city.
Campala.
back. Eating back.
Wow. So, >> yeah. What's up? What's up?
>> What's happening?
>> Eat him back. Back. Eat him back.
>> Wow.
Oh guys, the power of making videos. The guy like bro I watch you guys from Mali right?
>> Hey €50 bro this guys the subscriber has given me €50.
>> Thank you.
>> How are you feeling >> bro?
That guys is going to be consistent. I received €50.
€50, guys.
€50.
And then you tell me what, guys? You can't tell me nothing. 50.
Wow.
Pocket.
Wow.
Hello.
>> Yes. Yeah. Thank you. I sold €50.
Yes. God bless you too. Yeah.
Yes. So guys, this is it. Yeah, guys. So, back. How are you guys? you enjoying?
>> Okay. I received €50. May God who blessed me bless you too. Wow. I saved €50. I eat.
>> How are you? I'm good.
>> How is the day? Good. Good. I saved 50.
May God bless me bless you too.
>> Yes. I save 50. Yeah. Yeah. Can enjoying. Hello.
Dimbara.
Barak.
Barak. I saved the €50.
>> Wow.
>> You have one?
>> Yeah, I have one. Yes. Yes. Yes. I saved €50.
Yeah. So, €50, guys.
I still 50.
So, you're seeing also this side here.
Now, I'm unstoppable. I still 50. I barak. Yeah. Hey, so this is the biggest in East Africa.
Yeah. So this is what celebration like wow.
Wow.
Wow. Wow.
That guy is doing his thing, bro.
Bro, sometime giving me 15.
>> Yeah. For your hard work.
>> Oh, that's amazing. That's back. What's happening? You're rude. Why are you rude?
>> You're not rude.
>> Yeah. Nice. Yes. Yeah, man. How are you?
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. You have to be hospitalitable. Okay.
>> All right. This is €50. Sometime I came to Ghana because of your work.
>> Oh man.
>> Yeah. I don't have much now. It's been abrupt thing but how you encouragement.
>> How are you?
>> I'm good.
>> Yeah man.
>> How are you?
>> I'm good.
>> I'm good. Good. Good.
>> How are you? I'm busy YouTuber. Okay.
I'm all the way from Ghana.
>> You know my friend.
Wow. From Ghana.
>> From how does it feel you know having here for the first time? I mean it's it's amazing. I came from Rwanda >> and the Muslim population there was low >> you know on Fridays were very small but coming here to the biggest mosque in East Africa >> I mean it's amazing seeing tens of thousands of people come out >> to pray aid I mean >> compare this to Ghana day how does it feel?
>> Oh Ghana we we have a yeah a high number of Muslims but this this is also good. I think this place compares to Ghana in terms of the numbers because Ghana we have different different places. Our national mo like if you go you get like 10,000 people coming out just like here and then other smaller places independent square and all that. Yeah.
>> This guy this guy >> he's called the best player in >> best in Uganda.
>> In Uganda >> I'll put you anyway. No problem.
>> Best player in Somalia.
>> Okay. All right. So, no problem. Enjoy your day.
>> Okay.
>> No problem. Yeah. So, Oh, let me see this guy. Bro, your outfit is good. Can I see?
>> Hello, bro. How are you? Your outfit is nice. Hidden back.
>> Where are you from?
>> I'm from Somalia.
>> From Somalia. So, what are you representing here?
>> Casia.
>> Cas.
Okay. Okay. Uh, enjoy your eat. Thank you.
>> Yeah man from Somalia representing.
Yeah. So sir um >> how are you doing?
>> Yeah fine.
>> So what are you planning to do after after going out?
>> Going out.
>> What do you mean by going out? Like which places?
>> In Ghana there's a lot of Somali community. Do you have friends who are Somali? How they treat you? They >> treat me well.
>> Are they male or female?
>> Female. Female.
>> Okay. All right. Enjoy your day.
All right. So, all right. Enjoy your day. Okay. So, this is it. Yeah. Hello.
How are you?
Yeah. So, wow.
What an interesting adventure.
Are you serious?
>> Yeah. People sit here and take uh videos of themselves. This is our our stuff. Yeah. So flowers you see or stuff like that's the up levels.
Up levels and see what up levels is.
And you see what's happening up there.
>> Yeah. What's happening?
This is like where you climb to go up at to reach the minist if you want to see the beautiful seven hills of Kala and more.
You go there. So yeah man. So yes, how are you? How is it?
>> Good.
These are okay.
But we understand this language barrier still longer.
Let's see what's happening.
Wow.
What's happening? What's happening? Hello. What's happening?
Enjoy your day.
You're good. Okay. Okay.
You enjoying?
>> Okay. Okay. Okay.
>> You know my YouTube. Thank you so much for supporting.
>> Yeah.
I forget your name.
>> Joel Batan.
>> Joel. I will see you.
Okay. Enjoy. Okay. Take care.
>> What's your name? You too.
>> Fresh one.
>> He wants a fresh video.
>> Okay.
Okay. Thank you. Yeah. Okay.
Some same some entrance.
Yeah. Yeah. There are many many many entrance stock exits. So many.
Let me pick my sandals.
All right, guys. Me, I'm out.
Can I get my sandals?
Wow.
>> What's happening?
>> What's happening?
What's happening? You want to say something?
>> Yes. How are you, bro?
>> I'm good.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> Now, today we are here.
>> Yes.
>> We want to make actually put you on YouTube.
>> Okay.
>> Okay. Okay. All right. I'll put you on YouTube.
Baraka. Smile.
>> Let's take a picture. Ugnas. Okay.
Smile.
>> Smile. Say, "Welcome to Uganda."
>> Welcome to Uganda, >> the part of Africa. Enjoy your day. Hi, how are you?
>> I'm good. How are you?
>> Yes, please guys.
>> Yeah. So, how where are you going to celebrate >> after? What are you going to do after?
Yeah, >> I'm heading home.
>> Okay.
>> For food.
>> Food. For food.
>> Food. For food. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Wow.
>> And always there are so many who come around here look for take them to have food for food.
Food for food. So in Afric we we how are you up?
So you get like many many manager engineer Let's go for food. For food.
This side here. There are so many people. I'm wondering why there so many people here. Back. In the back. In the back. In the back. In the back.
There are so many people.
There are so many people here. So you come to find out why there are so many people.
>> Guys are buying their >> Wow. Hit him back. Hit him back.
>> Hit him back. We came to see him back.
Yes. Yes. Yes, man.
Back. Hit him back. Hit him back. Hit him back. Hit him back. Eat him back.
Hit him back. Wow.
>> Yes. Yes. Yes.
Wow.
>> Always. It has been here for 40 years.
>> 40 years.
>> Yes.
>> Wow. So is this your family business?
>> No, it's not for family. People have shares in it.
>> Okay. So it's like a cooperative.
>> It is a cooperative more than 60 members.
>> Okay. So what do you do here? Like what's your work?
>> We sell to different people, different >> Okay.
>> And you buy here then you can take to the ham.
Who are your most um like customers from which country?
>> The most customers we have Ethiopians, Ritans, the Orthodox, the Sudanis, the Somalis, then lesser the Ugandans.
>> So Ugandans don't eat a lot of meat.
>> They don't buy like these ones.
>> Okay. So who takes their money?
Yeah, for me I give out receipts for person.
>> If you buy I give you the receipts on our way, right?
>> Yes.
>> Can you show us around maybe the prices?
>> The prices.
>> Just show us around.
This one is 800.
>> 800,000.
>> 800,000.
>> Wow.
>> 750. This one. That size.
>> That's good.
>> Yeah. 750.
Wow. Are these local fruits or what?
>> They are both. They are both.
>> They are both.
>> How much is that?
>> This is 650.
>> How do you know the prices?
>> On the size.
>> It depends on the size and the way they bought them.
>> So where where do you usually buy them from?
>> Western Uganda.
>> Western Uganda.
>> Western and Northern Uganda.
>> 550.
>> You touch the back. Yeah, you touch the back and feel it.
>> Yeah. 550.
>> So, apart from meat, what what else?
What other products do people get from this?
>> They only get the heights.
>> Get the heights. Then we get manure from here.
like something.
>> No.
>> Okay. Thank you so much for watching.
>> Okay. Thank you.
Just want to see how much >> No problem. Thank you.
Wow.
>> Wow.
>> You buying this?
>> This is you're going to for >> each year.
You inviting us also. You also invite us.
>> You come also. You come, >> you invite us.
>> Yes.
Enjoy. So we have we calling them to come also our brother and sisters.
>> They should support.
>> Okay. Yeah. Yeah.
>> You both?
>> Yeah.
>> Okay.
>> All right. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy.
Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy.
>> All right. Okay. We love you guys. Enjoy your day. Enjoy your day. Which one?
Enjoy. Enjoy. So guys, after buying take this YouTube, Uganda, Uganda >> and also from Somalia. But I am Uganda and I am here from long time. And today alhamdulillah it is. We are very happy in Battle of Africa. Alhamdulillah, we are feeling happy. We are feeling African Africanism.
>> Yes, we are here on the second country for our second country. When I go to Mad, I say let me go to Kala because I didn't be out.
>> Yeah. Second home. Second home. I have children. I have studying here. I complet my master and PhD at IU. Wow.
>> Faculty of Islamic studies and Arabic language.
>> Wow.
>> Even I am teaching in the university.
>> Wow.
>> I am in this mosque mosque. This mosque.
>> Yes. In this mosque. Okay.
>> Even I was teaching at Islamic institute Kakiri Kakiri town. Wow.
>> From 2009.
>> 2009.
>> Yes.
>> Wow.
>> Welcome my brothers. I'm very happy to meet different African in Kala.
We wish you >> in Uganda. We are Panaffrican.
>> Mashallah. That's why I am feeling >> and I also greet in this chance our president here >> and all the government and we If you are not thanking the people, you can't even you are not thanking the god.
>> Yeah.
>> So we say thank you. Thank you for this good work and for this uh uh welcoming to Kala Shapur. I have a local name. My local name is Sea Ka.
Okay. All right.
Okay. Love you. Okay. Okay.
Okay.
>> That means camel and god's mix.
>> So the first time having this is for >> it's for what?
>> Serves.
>> For free.
>> For free. Oh, >> how do you feel?
>> I feel good. I feel happy.
>> What's your name?
>> My name is Har Tanavo. For those ones who don't know me, I'm a good creator from Kala, Uganda. And I'm here with a gang. We're here to celebrate EDI with our fellow Muslims. And I want to say Idi Mubarak, if you're watching this video and you guys are celebrating today, enjoy your day.
>> There's been rice, >> bro. Uh can you do you have charger?
>> This is a real celebration.
>> So brother you want to ask me what is this? What is this green thing in the rice?
>> What is this green thing?
>> I need this color.
>> This only color just color.
>> Okay.
>> Same test.
>> And then these ones salad.
>> This one is green.
>> So thank thank you very much for the meal. Let's eat then we shall give our review.
By the way, there's the way it makes the food sweet.
>> Yeah. Bananas make the food sweet.
>> So that is it.
>> Enjoy.
>> Camel mix.
>> Yeah. Camel meat.
>> Hey, it's okay, bro.
>> Okay. Enjoy.
Okay.
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