Sayyid Mohammed Abdullah Hassan: They called him mad because he refused to bow and kiss the ring of the British  Empire.

Sayyid Mohammed Abdullah Hassan wasn’t insane; he was unbreakable. In the late 1800s, when foreign flags began to slice through Somali lands, he raised his voice and his banner, leading a twenty-year resistance that shook empires.

While others signed papers, he wrote his defiance in dust and fire. The British feared his words as much as his warriors because he spoke of freedom in a century that didn’t believe Africans deserved it.

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To some, he was a rebel. To his people, he was the heartbeat of dignity. History may forget the titles, but never the courage of a man who stood when surrender was easier.