Wednesday 12 November 2025
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Framed as a monument to coexistence, the Mogadishu Cathedral drew its form from Sicily’s medieval past. Through her research, Claire Dillon reveals how this architecture of “tolerance” masked the deep fractures of colonial ambition.…
Framed as a monument to coexistence, the Mogadishu Cathedral drew its form from Sicily’s medieval past. Through her research, Claire Dillon reveals how this architecture of “tolerance” masked the deep fractures of colonial ambition.…
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A Somali physician and self-taught artist details how his medical studies ignited a profound passion for visual art, leading him to transform scientific knowledge into vibrant canvases that celebrate memory, identity, and the strength of women.…
A Somali physician and self-taught artist details how his medical studies ignited a profound passion for visual art, leading him to transform scientific knowledge into vibrant canvases that celebrate memory, identity, and the strength of women.…
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What can a love song reveal about a nation’s heart? Anthropologist Christina Woolner speaks to Geeska about how Somali melodies bridge intimacy, resistence, memory, and public life. All in the name of love.…
What can a love song reveal about a nation’s heart? Anthropologist Christina Woolner speaks to Geeska about how Somali melodies bridge intimacy, resistence, memory, and public life. All in the name of love.…
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Somali scholar Abdirahman Badiyow speaks to Geeska about Somali statehood, the clan, and Islam and why he thinks reconciling these is key to the nation’s future.…
Somali scholar Abdirahman Badiyow speaks to Geeska about Somali statehood, the clan, and Islam and why he thinks reconciling these is key to the nation’s future.…
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Somali translator Abdiaziz Mahdi, widely known as Guudcadde, is bringing revolutionary global thought into the Somali language, making foundational postcolonial texts available in Somali for the first time. …
Somali translator Abdiaziz Mahdi, widely known as Guudcadde, is bringing revolutionary global thought into the Somali language, making foundational postcolonial texts available in Somali for the first time. …
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Dabindid Yusuf of Journal Gobanimo argues that different Somali futures depend on reclaiming imagination as a political act—challenging imposed frameworks and rethinking how Somalis live, know, and struggle. …
Dabindid Yusuf of Journal Gobanimo argues that different Somali futures depend on reclaiming imagination as a political act—challenging imposed frameworks and rethinking how Somalis live, know, and struggle. …
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From a Mogadishu childhood to a global voice, Shirin Ramzanali Fazel’s writing confronts colonial legacies, the challenges of exile, and having a hybrid Somali identity. …
From a Mogadishu childhood to a global voice, Shirin Ramzanali Fazel’s writing confronts colonial legacies, the challenges of exile, and having a hybrid Somali identity. …
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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.…
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Co-director of the London-based Numbi arts and founder of the Somali Museam in the same city, artist and curator Kinsi Abdulleh talks about her journey in both the arts and cultural preservation. …
Co-director of the London-based Numbi arts and founder of the Somali Museam in the same city, artist and curator Kinsi Abdulleh talks about her journey in both the arts and cultural preservation. …
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Mejah Mbuya, a Tanzanian cycling activist, speaks with Wangui Kimari about cycling and sustainable transport in Dar es Salaam.…
Mejah Mbuya, a Tanzanian cycling activist, speaks with Wangui Kimari about cycling and sustainable transport in Dar es Salaam.…
