Wednesday 9 July 2025
Alex White is a PhD student at the University of Cambridge, where his research focuses on international broadcasting in late colonial East Africa. He can be reached at X/Twitter.
Articles by the Author
Interviews
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Derek Peterson, the author of a new history of Idi Amin’s Uganda, reflects on how ordinary people lived and worked under a violent dictatorship.…
Derek Peterson, the author of a new history of Idi Amin’s Uganda, reflects on how ordinary people lived and worked under a violent dictatorship.…
Thoughts
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In 1957, a controversial Egyptian diplomat was murdered in Mogadishu. The police investigation that followed stoked dangerous tensions within the Somali nationalist movement, but it also exposed the weakness of the colonial state.
On April 16 1957, at around 12:45pm, Kamal Al Din Salah…
In 1957, a controversial Egyptian diplomat was murdered in Mogadishu. The police investigation that followed stoked dangerous tensions within the Somali nationalist movement, but it also exposed the weakness of the colonial state.
On April 16 1957, at around 12:45pm, Kamal Al Din Salah…
Opinion
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In the 1950s, Egyptian broadcasts encouraged Somalis to unite against imperialism – but their rhetoric also deepened political divides.
In the Somali territories, the struggle against imperialism was also a competition for influence. As parties like the Somali Youth League and…
In the 1950s, Egyptian broadcasts encouraged Somalis to unite against imperialism – but their rhetoric also deepened political divides.
In the Somali territories, the struggle against imperialism was also a competition for influence. As parties like the Somali Youth League and…