What the fuck are they doing here? Do we need Somalians? They were never even in the commonwealth?
Factual correction: there was a British protectorate in present-day northwestern Somalia from 1888-1960, occupied by the Italians from 1940-1. This territory was incorporated with ex-Italian Somaliland when Somalia became independent, but has now de facto seceded from Somalia. Most Somalis in Britain, including the long-established community in Cardiff, originate from former British Somaliland.
So does the Somali community in Soputh Shields, although I think it’s pretty well integrated now.
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(Though it's actually 80s, 90s and 2000s, across the series.)
Worth it for the nostalgia soundtrack alone.
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