Faallooyinka on Kapchits.Online

Preserving the Traditional Stories: The Knocked-out Eye of the Hyena

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Aliqeyr Mohammed Nur — Isha Cumar ka lulata (2022). IJSSER, 4/1, 2025, b. 75–78. Faylka asalka ah: PDF.

Preserving the Traditional Stories: The Knocked-out Eye of the Hyena Aliqeyr Mohammed Nur Research and Development Lead, Wild Agriculture Archive Bank, (WAAB), Somalia * Corresponding Author: Aliqeyr Mohammed Nur

Article Info ISSN (online): 2583-8261 Volume: 04 Issue: 01 January-February 2025 Received: 22-11-2024 Accepted: 23-12-2024 Page No: 75-78

Abstract This article explores the significance of preserving traditional Somali folktales by examining Dr. Georgi L. Kapchits’ collection, The Knocked-Out Eye of the Hyena. As a renowned linguist and cultural historian, Kapchits has spent decades documenting Somali oral traditions, ensuring that the wisdom embedded in these stories remains accessible to future generations. The article delves into the role of storytelling in safeguarding Somali cultural identity and highlights the challenges posed by institutional neglect, globalization, and shifting lifestyles. By showcasing the enduring power of oral narratives, the discussion emphasizes the need to preserve linguistic and cultural heritage amid growing external pressures. The article further examines how folktales connect Somali communities to a shared past and how these narratives resonate with broader African traditions, reflecting universal themes of wisdom, morality, and cultural continuity. Through the lens of Kapchits’ work, the article calls attention to the urgent need for revitalizing Somali storytelling traditions as a means of cultural preservation and intergenerational connection. Keywords: Somali language, Folktales preservation, Cultural heritage, Oral tradition

Isha Cumar ka lulata / The Knocked-Out Eye of the Hyena: Somali Folk Tales

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Adan Makina — Isha Cumar ka lulata (2022). WardheerNews, 21 Noofembar 2022.

ISHA CUMAR KA LULATA/THE KNOCKED-OUT EYE OF THE HYENA: SOMALI FOLK TALES

November 21, 2022

Reviewed by: Adan Makina Author: Dr. Georgi Kapchits Publisher: Hill Press

Editor’s Note: WardheerNews, the most scholarly and journalistic digitized online magazine in the Horn of Africa wishes to share with its readers a review of the recently published book Isha Cumar ka lulata/The Knocked-Out Eye of the Hyena: Somali Folk Tales by Author Georgi Kapchits. It is amazing that a man who has been to Somalia for a short visit of two-weeks in 1992 when the Horn of Africa nation was ablaze, has become a blessed individual worth celebrating for his eloquence in the Somali language that deserves total overhaul and resuscitation. A bilingual book, the author did his best to have it published as we approach to celebrate a new year. The bilingual book is a collection of Somali fairytales, mythological narrations and various types of tales that are unique to Somalis. I hope you will buy several copies for yourself and family, friends and relatives and to even libraries as a gesture of goodwill. ———–

Kapchits, G. Qaamuuska Casriga Ah ee Maahmaahda Soomaaliyeed. A Modern Dictionary of Somali Proverbs. Laashin, 2020. 347 p.

Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Peter Unseth — Qaamuuska Casriga ah ee Maahmaahda Soomaaliyeed (2020). Proverbium, 39, 2022. Faylka asalka ah: PDF.

Review article Received on 12 April 2021 Accepted for publication on 10 August 2021 PETER UNSETH

Kapchits, G. Qaamuuska Casriga Ah: ee Maahmaahda Soomaaliyeed. A Modern Dictionary of Somali Proverbs. Laashin, 2020. Pp. 347. ISBN: 9785020180765.

Georgi Kapchits is clearly the most prolific scholar studying Somali proverbs. His writings about Somali proverbs have covered a variety of topics. (He modestly does not list all of his works in the Bibliography at the end.) The present book combines his scholarly study of Somali proverbs and their structures, together with a collection of circa 5,000 proverbs.

A review of «A Modern Somali Dictionary of Proverbs» by Georgi Kapchits

Sun, 06 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Adan Makina — Qaamuuska Casriga ah ee Maahmaahda Soomaaliyeed (2020). WardheerNews, 6 Diseembar 2020.

A review of “A Modern Somali Dictionary of Proverbs” by Georgi Kapchits

Adan Makina

WardheerNews

November 28, 2020

I’ve heard many times, the brain-teasing Somali saying: “Am I crazy or there’s a music delirium going on in Aden?” However, “I have never heard nor seen anything like what my octogenarian Russian-born friend and poet who contacted me on Sunday (October 11, 2020) revealed to me. He broke to me the news that “A Modern Dictionary of Somali Proverbs” that he had been working on for many years has been published. The book is not written in his mother tongue which is Russian, but, in the ancient Somali language which is known as Somali. The Dictionary contains 5,000 proverbs. Although it has been said in the past that “Somalis do not lie in their proverbial expressions”, the author, Dr. Georgi Kapchits, deserves to be publicized so that those who have never heard about him may understand his biography by being placed on a pedestal as a form of pioneering his unreserved commitment to the cause of the Somali language that is on the brink of diminishing or at the brink of extinction in the absence of linguistics research, advocacy and awareness, arts and cultural revitalizations, language education, media application, and the provision of language materials.

Gorfeynta «Qaamuuska Casriga Ah ee Maahmaahda Soomaaliyeed» ee uu Qoray Georgi Kapchits

Sun, 18 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Adan Makina — Qaamuuska Casriga ah ee Maahmaahda Soomaaliyeed (2020). WardheerNews, 18 Oktoobar 2020.

Gorfeynta “Qaamuuska Casriga Ah ee Maahmaahda Soomaaliyeed” ee uu Qoray Georgi Kapchits

Adan Makina

WardheerNews

October 17, 2020

Waxaan maqli jiray illaa yaraanteydi, maahmaahda ah “ma anaa waalan mise Cadan baa laga heesaya.” “Dhegaheyga kuma maqal dhaayahayga kuma arag”, in abwaan dhalashadiisu yahay dalka Ruushka in manta oo Axad ah (Oktoobar 11, 2020) uu ila soo xidhiidho asagoo ila socodsiinaya in Qaamuuska Casriga Ah ee Maahmaahda Soomaaliyeed kaas oo uu ku hawlanaa gu’yaal badan la daabacay. Buugga kuma qorna afkiisa hooyo ee ah ka Ruuska ee waa mid ku qoran afka qaddiimiga ee Soomaalida ku hadasho kaas oo loo yaqaan af Soomaali. Qaamuuska wuxuu ka koobanyahay 5,000 oo maahmaahyo. In kasto horey loo yidhi “Soomaali been kuma maahmaado”, qoraaga oo ah Professor Georgi Kapchits wuxuu mudanyahay in ciddaan aqoon hadda loo bandhigo taariikh nololeedkiisa si mowlac aan loo kala hadhin lagu casumo goortey noqotaba, laguna shubo caano dhaay ah, taas oo muujineysa qaddarinta iyo qiimaha uu ku leeyahay ummadda Soomaaliyeed.

«Qaamuuska Casriga ah ee Maahmaahda Soomaaliyeed» — wixii iiga baxay

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Caliqeyr M. Nuur (Aliqeyr M. Nur) — Qaamuuska Casriga ah ee Maahmaahda Soomaaliyeed (2020). Oktoobar 2020.

“QAAMUUSKA CASRIGA AH EE MAAHMAAHDA SOOMAALIYEED”

–wixii iiga baxay–

Caliqeyr M. Nuur

Okt. 2020

Caliqeeyr@gmail.com

Dr. Georgi L. Kapchits wuxuu soo saaray qaamuuskii ugu weynaa inta weli laga qoray maahmaahda Soomaalida. 5000 oo maahmaahood oo uu heerar iyo baho u kala saaray ayuu ku soo bandhigay buuggiisan laba aflaha ah: Soomaali – English. Bishii Sebtember ee guga 2020 ayay Madbacadda “Laashin” ku daabacday dalka Sweden.

Gorfayn Buug

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Cabdirisaaq Baraag — Qaamuuska Casriga ah ee Maahmaahda Soomaaliyeed (2020). taariikh la’aan, dayrta 2020.

Gorfayn Buug

QAAMUUSKA CASRIGA AH ee Maahmaahyada Soomaaliyeed waxaa qoray Georgi Kapchits. Waa kuma isagu? Waxa uu ku dhashay Midawga Soofiyeeti 1939. Jaamacad la yiraahdo Lomonosov taas oo ku taal Moscow ayaa qaybteeda afafka Aasiyaanka iyo Afrikaanka wax ka bartay. Af Soomaaligu waxaa uu ka mid yahay labo af oo uu si gaar ah ugu takhasusay. 27 gu’ (1967-1994) waxaa uu afbixiyeen ka ahaa laanta af Soomaaliga ee Raadyaha Moscow. 20 gu’ oo kale (1994-2014) waxa uu ka shaqaynayay Idaacad magaceeda la yiraahdo Codka Ruushka, isaga oo faaqide ka ahaa. Gu’gii 2000 waxaa uu difaacday buug-aqooneed ku saabsan Naxwaha afkeenna hooyo, Soomaali, waxaa uuna ku mutaystay shahaada Ph.D. Waxaa uu soo noqday bare af Soomaaliga ka dhiga jaamacadaha Moskow iyo Baarliin.

Dr. Georgi Kapchits: Aqoonyahan Abaalmarin Innaga Mudan

Sun, 06 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Khaliil Cabdiraxmaan X. Xasan iyo lix qoraa — qoraaga iyo shaqadiisa, oo ay la socdaan aragtiyaha lix qoraa. WardheerNews, 6 Agoosto 2017. Faylka asalka ah: PDF.

Dr. Georgi Kapchits: Aqoonyahan Abaalmarin Innaga Mudan

Oogost 6, 2017 _____________________________________________________________________ Arar: Qoraalkan waxaan jecelahay in aan si kooban ugu soo bandhigo Dr Geoergi Kapchits iyo kaalinta uu ka qaatay horumarinta afkeenna hooyo, anigoo ka gadaalna idiinku soo gudbin doona aragatiyaha ay qaar ka mid ah qorayaasha Soomaaliyeed ka qabaan aqoonyahankan. Aniga iyo Dr. Kapchits Markii aan wareysigii soo gabagabeynay ee aan telefoonkii dhigay ayaan billaabay in aan dib u dhegeysto wareysiga, si aan u tifatiro. Waxaa markiiba ii caddaatay in meelaha qaarkood aan codka jawaabaha uu bixiyay Dr. Georgi Kapchits si fiican loo maqlayn. Islamarkiiba dib ayaan u wacay Dr. Kapchits, waxaanan u sheegay in wareysiga meelaha qaar aan codkiisa la maqlayn sidaadarteed in jawaabaha uu ka bixiyay meelo aan u tilmaamay uu mar kale dib u akhriyo. “Saaxiib jawaabuhu meel iigumay qornayn ee hadba wixii aad i weydiiso uun ka jawaabayay ee meel kamaan akhriyaynin”, ayuu si degdeg ah iigu warceliyay Dr Kapchits. Arrintaasi waxay igu noqotay fajac iyo filan’waa waayo codkarnimada, helidda ereyada iyo adeegsiga maahmaahyada uu ku ladhayay jawaabta iyo hadalka aan doondoonista lahayn darteed, waxaan u qaatay uun in aqoonyahanku jawaabo uu sii diyaarsaday akhriyayo maadaama aan hore si guudmar ah ugu sheegay wareysiga iyo waxyaabaha uu ku saabsanaan doono. Waxay ku beegnayd dhacdada aan kor ku xusay badhtamihii 2012kii xilli uu Dr Geoergi Kapchits ka soo laabtay safar uu ku tegey magaalada Hargeysa oo uu kaga qaybgalay Bandhigga Caalamiga ah ee Buuggaagta oo sannadkiiba mar la qabto, isagoo goobta ku daahfuray buuggiisa Soomaalidu Been Ma Maahmaahdo, oo uu ku urruriyay in ka badan afar kun oo maahmaahood ayna weheliso cilmibaadhis qotodheer oo la xidhiidha dabeecadaha iyo qaybaha maahmaahyada Soomaaliyeed. Ma ahan wax iska yimid in uu Dr. Georgi Kapchits Af Soomaaliga sidaa ugu wadhwadho, haseyeeshee hibada uu Eebbe siiyay ka sokow waa midhihii dadaal qaatay muddo nus qarni aan ka yarayn oo uu ku hawlanaa baadhista iyo barashada Af Soomaaliga. Waa su’aal qof walba oo la kulmaa uu weydiiyo sida ay ugu suurto gashay in uu Af Soomaaliga heerkan ka gaadho, waxaanu mar walba ku jawaabaa isagoo kaftamaya, “ Barashada Af Soomaaliga waan ku gaboobay, waan ku dhego beelay, waana ku indho beelay, waanan ku timo beelay welina kama salgaadhin”. Dr. Georgi Kapchits wuxuu dhashay bishii Oktoobar 1939 isagoo sannadkii 1967 ka qalin-jebiyey Mac-hadka lagu barto afafka Aasiya iyo Afrika ee ka tirsan Jaamacadda Moosko, kuna takhasusay afafka Amxaariga iyo Soomaaliga. Intii u dhexaysay 1967kii ilaa 1994 wuxuu weriye ka ahaa laantii Af-Soomaaliga ee Raadiyow Moosko. Tan iyo 1994kii wuxuu faalleeye ka yahay qaybta wararka ee Raadiyaha la yidhaahdo “Codka Ruushka”. Wuxuu Dr Georgi Kapchits Af-Soomaaliga ka dhigi jirey jaamacadaha ka kala furan Moosko iyo Berliin. Dhawr jeer ayuu booqasho ku tegey Soomaaliya. Gu’gii 1989kii wuxuu ammin shan beri ah joogay Muqdisho, Gu’gii 2001diina wuxuu toddobaad joogay Hargeysa. Gu’gii 2003 wuxuu booqasho gaaban ku tegey Jabuuti isagoo marar kalena booqday deegaannada Puntland iyo Somaliland oo uu kaga qayb galay bandhigyo dhinaca buuggaagta ah. Gu’gii 2000 wuxuu helay. darajada loo yaqaanno PhD, isagoo daafacay tiisihii ku saabsanaa naxwaha Af-Soomaaliga. Wuxuu leeyahay xaas iyo laba hablood. Inkastoon yaraantaydii Dr. Kapchits ka dhegeysan jiray Raadiyo Moosko haddana wax badan kama ogeyn ku foognaantiisa Suugaanta Soomaalida siiba maahmaahyada iyo Sheeko dhaqameedka Soomaaliyeed. Wax yar uun ka dib markii uu laba jirsaday degelka WardheerNews, abbaara dhammaadkii sannadkii 2006dii ayaan farriin qoraal ah ka helnay Dr. Georgi Kapchits isagoo xilligaas ku sugnaa dalka Jarmalka. Waxa uu Dr. Kapchits farriinta nagaga codsanayay in aanu bulsho weynta Soomaaliyeed gaadhsiinno buuggiisa Faaliyihii La Bilkayday oo markaas uun la daabacay.

Soomaalidu Been Ma Maahmaahdaa?

Tue, 01 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Cabdiraxmaan C. Faarax «Guri Barwaaqo» — maahmaaho waayuhu beeniyey. dabayaaqadii 2016.

Soomaalidu Been Ma Maahmaahdaa?

w/q Cabdiraxmaan C. Faarax ‘Guri Barwaaqo’

Hordhac:

Beryahan dambe waxaa la dareemayaa jiritaanka maahmaaho Soomaaliyeed oo ay ujeeddooyinkoodii wax ka soo noqdeen. Taasi oo runtii haddii lagu qanco lagu dhiirran karo in laga warceliyo weydiintaasi kor ku xusan.

Arrinku si kastaba ha ahaadee, waxaan qoraalkan kooban ku eegi doonaa dhawr maahmaahood oo Soomaaliyeed oo uu Dr. Goorgi Kaabjitis (Georgi Kapchitis) dhowaan dareen gaar ka muujiyey. Aniga oo raacin doona sida ay aragtiyahaasi isu soo tarayaan.

Hubsiino hal baa la siistaa!

Sun, 27 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Cabdirisaaq Baraag — jawaabta maqaalka «Gacan gadaal ka baqaysaa geed ma goyso!». WardheerNews, 27 Maarso 2016.

HUBSIINO HAL BAA LA SIISTAA!

March 27, 2016

W.Q. Cabdirisaaq Baraag

Cabdirisaaq Baraag

Qormadaydani waxa ay leedahay labo ujeeddo oo kala ah, kow: in aan soo dhaweeyo af aqoonka Dr. Georgi Kapchits oo wax ka yiri qormo aan dhawaan qoray oo cinwaankeedu ahaa ‘Ayax Tag Eel na Reeb’.

Waxa uu uga jawaabay qormo uu u bixiyay ‘Gacan Gadaal ka Baqaysa Geed ma Goyso’. Labo: inaan cilmi ahaan iyo taariikh ahaanba sharxo xigta aan kor ku xusay ee Ayax taga eelna reeb.

The Best Book on Somali Proverbs

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Aliqeyr M. Nur — Soomaali been ma maahmaahdo (2012). Oslo, 22 Agoosto 2012.

The Best Book on Somali Proverbs

Aliqeyr M. Nur

August 22, 2012 ‘He who forgets the past, trails back to his ancestor’s vestige’. Relating to language, this saying imparts the impossibility of development once the archaic portion is lost. The significant stage of human intelligence and his ability of domination lie on the combination of rhetoric and wisdom. That is why Napoleon said “we rule men with words.”

Festifaalka Toddobaadka Soomaalida 2011ka ee London iyo ka soo Qaybgalka Dr Georgi Kapchits

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Maxamed Xasan «Alto» — Festifaalka Toddobaadka Soomaalida 2011 iyo ka qaybgalka qoraaga. Kaydka mareegtii hore ee qoraaga kapchits.narod.ru; meesha markii hore lagu daabacay lagama sheegin qoraalka.

Festifaalka Toddobaadka Soomaalida 2011ka ee London iyo ka soo Qaybgalka Dr Georgi Kapchits

Waxaa dhowaan mar kale qabsoomay Festifaalka Toddobaadka Soomaalida [FTS] ee London ee sannadlaha ah oo gacansaar la lahaa Redsea Online. FTS 2011ka wuxuu festifaalladii taxanaha ahaa ee London, Boqortooyada Midowdey, ku qabsoomi jirey laga soo billaabo 2004tii, ka galay taariikh lama illaawaan ah. Wuxuu noqday kii ugu tayo iyo tamar wacnaa. Waxay dulucda FTS ee sannadku ahayd tarjumid. Waxaa la soo bandhigey buugag tarjuban oo tiro badan. FTS wuxuu sannadkan wada shaqeeyn la lahaa Xarunta Tarjumidda Maansooyinka iyo Agaasimaheeda Gabyaa Sarah Maguire. Waxay XTM tarjuntay maansooyin xul ah oo ay leeyihiin dhowr gabyaa oo ku casumnaa FTS.

Review of: Sentence particles in the Somali language and their usage in proverbs

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Giorgio Banti — Sentence particles in the Somali language (2005). Aethiopica, 11, 2008. Faylka asalka ah: PDF.

Faylka asalka ah: PDF.

Faaliyihii la bilkeyday

Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Cabdiraxmaan Faarax «Barwaaqo» — Faaliyihii la bilkeyday (2006). faallo af-Soomaali ah, taariikh la’aan.

Faaliyihii la bilkeyday

Gorfayntii Cabdiraxmaan Faarax ‘Barwaaqo’

Ammin, hadda lix gu’ laga joogo, ayaan Dr. Goorgi Kaabjitis (Georgi Kapchits) kula kulmay magaalamadaxda dalka Kanada ee Ottawa, halkaasi oo uu ku yimid martiqaad uu u fideyey Ururka Aabbayaasha Soomaaliyeed. Maalin aan aniga iyo Georgi meel ka wada hadhimaynay oo aannu ka wada sheekaysannay af Soomaaliga iyo wax-ka-qabashadiisa ayuu hadalkiisii ku soo gunaanaday, “Barwaaqow, waxa loo baahan yahay in dhallinta Soomaaliyeed looga tago wax dhaxalgal ah.” Waxaan u qaatay inuu Borofisarku weli ku shaqaynayo aragtidii dawladdii burburtay ee Midowgii Soofiyeeti ee odhan jirtey: af iyo addinba waan idinku garab taagannahay! Hayeeshee, markaan arkay buuggan, ladhkiisu kor ku xusanyahay, ayaan ogaaday inuu Borofisarku dhab u jeedey. Buugga kolkaad akhridana waxaad mooddaysaa inuu Goorgi rabo inuu maskaxda dadka Soomaaliyeed si dadban uga dhaqdhaqo malahaasi anigaba ihodey.

Qaamuuska Maahmaahyadu waa Qiimo Gal

Thu, 12 Sep 2002 00:00:00 +0000

Ibraahim M. Deeq — Qaamuuska maahmaahyada soomaaliyeed (1998). Somalitalk, 12 Sebtembar 2002; KAYDSO: Qoraalladii Warsidaha BADSO 2014–2017, b. 418–421.

Qaamuuska Maahmaahyada Ibraahim M. Deeq 24 Apr 2015

QAAMUUSKA MAAHMAAHYADA SOOMAALIYEED Wq Georgi Kapchits 206 bb. Vostochnaya Literatura Publishers.

TIFAFTIRKA: Qoraalkan [milicsiga ah ee] sida gobannimadu ku jirto inoo taabsiinaya qaayaha weyn ee buugga, Qaamuuska Maahmaahyada Soomaaliyeed [http://dspace-roma3.caspur.it/handle/2307/2164] ee uu qoray Dr. Kapchits waxa uu ku soo baxay Somalitalk sanadkii 2002 [Khamiis, Sebtember 12, 2002]. Waxaan u mahad celinaynaa qoraha noo oggalaaday in aan halkan ku daabacno qoraalkan. [Dheeraad: Cinwaanka qoraalkani waxa uu ahaa: “Qaamuuska Maahmaahyadu waa Qiimo Gal.”]

Review of: Somali proverbs and sayings in Somali and Russian with Russian equivalents

Wed, 01 Jan 1986 00:00:00 +0000

B. W. Andrzejewski — G. L. Kapchits. Maahmaahyo Soomaaliyeed (Moosko: Nauka, 1983, 283 b.). Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, XLIX/2, 1986, b. 420–422. Faylka asalka ah: PDF.

Kaydku waxa ku jira sawir-qeexid bogaggii joornaalka oo aan qoraal la akhrin karo lahayn, sidaas darteed faallada waxaa lagu bixiyay faylka asalka ah: PDF.