Wednesday 9 July 2025
Culture
Culture
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Hargeisa, Jigjiga & Mogadishu have brought Somali studies home by hosting recent SSIA congresses—reviving local ownership, empowering scholars, and sparking an initiative to rebuild the institution’s future.
Hargeisa, Jigjiga & Mogadishu have brought Somali studies home by hosting recent SSIA congresses—reviving local ownership, empowering scholars, and sparking an initiative to rebuild the institution’s future.
Culture
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and Alemayehu Gelagay write through rupture—colonial and internal—to imagine new African selves, from post-colonial and post-imperial vantage points.
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and Alemayehu Gelagay write through rupture—colonial and internal—to imagine new African selves, from post-colonial and post-imperial vantage points.
Thoughts
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From Kilimanjaro to Harvard, Dr Hussein Adam defied categories to become a pioneer of Somali scholarship and Pan-African thought — a tribute to a truly extraordinary intellectual life.
From Kilimanjaro to Harvard, Dr Hussein Adam defied categories to become a pioneer of Somali scholarship and Pan-African thought — a tribute to a truly extraordinary intellectual life.
Culture
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From Lagos to Mogadishu, African music is dominating global charts. Yet the persistent focus on western awards and metrics prompts a vital discussion about decolonising the definition of musical success.
From Lagos to Mogadishu, African music is dominating global charts. Yet the persistent focus on western awards and metrics prompts a vital discussion about decolonising the definition of musical success.
Culture
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In the hilltop sanctuary of Turusina, northeastern Ethiopia, an engineer discovers a sacred space where femininity is neither excluded nor explained, simply lived.
In the hilltop sanctuary of Turusina, northeastern Ethiopia, an engineer discovers a sacred space where femininity is neither excluded nor explained, simply lived.
Art
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From a fragmented novel to the smoky echoes of Ethio-jazz, Khalid‘s journey into jazz gave him no answers, but instead unraveled fixed identities and linear narratives.
From a fragmented novel to the smoky echoes of Ethio-jazz, Khalid‘s journey into jazz gave him no answers, but instead unraveled fixed identities and linear narratives.
Thoughts
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Rather than discard Somaliweyn we must “reclaim and reimagine” it, writes Ibrahim Hirsi, responding to an essay by Mahamed Hersi which was published by Geeska the previous month.
Rather than discard Somaliweyn we must “reclaim and reimagine” it, writes Ibrahim Hirsi, responding to an essay by Mahamed Hersi which was published by Geeska the previous month.
Culture
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In the Ethiopian city of Bati, life unfolds like an improvised melody—fluid and unbordered, writes Siham Kamil Abdu.
In the Ethiopian city of Bati, life unfolds like an improvised melody—fluid and unbordered, writes Siham Kamil Abdu.
Culture
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How reggae’s celebration of Haile Selassie and Ethiopia as Zion clashes with the complex, often brutal realities of Ethiopian history—and the uneasy truths Rastafarian faith overlooks.
How reggae’s celebration of Haile Selassie and Ethiopia as Zion clashes with the complex, often brutal realities of Ethiopian history—and the uneasy truths Rastafarian faith overlooks.
Books
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From unannounced office visits to long, searching conversations, my time with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was a rare education in politics, literature, and humility—an unforgettable window into the mind of a giant.
From unannounced office visits to long, searching conversations, my time with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was a rare education in politics, literature, and humility—an unforgettable window into the mind of a giant.
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