[Speech by Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre at National Theater in Mogadiscio on 30 April on the occasion of May Day recorded]

Lately there have been crises in the Horn of Africa, as in many other parts of the world--between colonialists and the colonized, between a black colonialist government and the black people it colonizes. This is not a new phenomenon; it is an old one. Many countries which were under colonial domination not so many years ago have freed themselves, after a long struggle, from the colonial yoke--for instance, Somalia.

It is surprising and amazing that today, when it is shameful to talk about colonialism, let alone practice it, some countries boast: We shall always be colonialists. It is also unfortunate that some other countries support their colonialism. It is an even greater shame today for one people to colonize another. It is for this reason that, without hiding anything, we ask the Soviet Union and its allies: How long will this colonialism continue? If this is to continue, why did the other European colonialism end? Why did they have to give freedom to those who fought for it? Will they change history? Will the Soviet Union and its allies change colonialism into a new concept? Will socialism evolve into colonial­ism and change history?

...Waxaan kale oo aan isleeyahay uguna bishaaraynayaa dadka Soomaaliyeed in caawa la qaaday qaraar oo Goleyaaashu ay gaareen go'aan ah Af Soomaaligii in la dhigo. Afkii hooyo in la qoro wixii ka dambeeya maantana afkii xaqa ahaa oo dalka lagu maamulayey inuu isaga noqdo.

Kaas oo lagu dhigayo xuruurfta loo yaqaan Laatiin iyadoo loola jeedayna in uu yahay midda keliya oo durbadiiba hirgelin karta haddii la yiraahdo afkii hooyo haba la dhigo amaba dhaqaalaha dalku uusan ka maarmi karin inuu xruuf kala qaato, taaso u baahnaan kari lahayd alaabo badan oo malyuunaad lacag gaarta in lagu gado amabase waqti dheer ay u baahato intii allaabadaas laga sameeyo ay dhici kari lahayd. 

Waxaa kale oo  haddaan ka xuso tacliinta barbarkeeda hoose ilaa barbarkeeda sarae waa isku xirxiran tahay.  Marka haddii aan ku xisaabtamo tacliinta qiimaha ayugu xiran tahay ama ay leedahay, adduunku wuxuu leeyahay macaamilo badan oo ka dhaxaysa ama beecsharuu isugu xiran yahay, ama tacliin buu isugu xiran yahay; qolo keligeed gees u noolaan kartaana ma jirto.

 Adduunku intiisa badanina xaruuftaas ayay ku isticmaashaa, qolo kastana waxay jeceshahay in afkeeda dad badanu ay bartaan oo uu fido. haddii ay dhacdo xuruuf kale in lagu dhigo waxaa imaan kari lahayd inu go'doon noqdo oo ay suuro gasho inuusan fidin, isla markii waxaa haddana  laga maarmaan ah ama qiimo khaas inay leedahay...