Wednesday 9 July 2025
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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. …
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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.…
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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.…
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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. …
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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. …
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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. …
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A landmark exhibition match at Mogadishu Stadium brought African football legends to Somalia for the first time in decades, signalling a new chapter for Somali sport and the nation’s fragile hopes for peace and unity. …
A landmark exhibition match at Mogadishu Stadium brought African football legends to Somalia for the first time in decades, signalling a new chapter for Somali sport and the nation’s fragile hopes for peace and unity. …
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Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o died aged 87. He left behind a towering literary and intellectual legacy. He was a pioneer of African-language literature, a fierce critic of colonialism, and a formative influence on postcolonial thought. …
Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o died aged 87. He left behind a towering literary and intellectual legacy. He was a pioneer of African-language literature, a fierce critic of colonialism, and a formative influence on postcolonial thought. …
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Somali Quran schools are vital links in passing knowledge of the holy book from one generation to the next. Somali writer Abdihakim Mohamed explains how they work.…
Somali Quran schools are vital links in passing knowledge of the holy book from one generation to the next. Somali writer Abdihakim Mohamed explains how they work.…
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Once a city of art, resistance and riverside cafés, Khartoum now lies gutted by war. Displaced by the war, Reem Abbas reflects on loss, erasure and the urgent need to reclaim a city at the heart of Sudan’s identity. …
Once a city of art, resistance and riverside cafés, Khartoum now lies gutted by war. Displaced by the war, Reem Abbas reflects on loss, erasure and the urgent need to reclaim a city at the heart of Sudan’s identity. …
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