Sunday 9 August 2026
Academia
Culture
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Scholar, poet, and critic, Ali Jimale Ahmed devoted his life to reexamining Somalis beyond colonial tropes, insisting that their crisis was as much semantic as it was institutional — rooted in how Somali society has been historically narrated by inherited frameworks of conception.…
Scholar, poet, and critic, Ali Jimale Ahmed devoted his life to reexamining Somalis beyond colonial tropes, insisting that their crisis was as much semantic as it was institutional — rooted in how Somali society has been historically narrated by inherited frameworks of conception.…
Opinion
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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. …
Thoughts
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The Somali civil war, which started in the 1990s, has given birth to varied scholarly arguments about what caused it. Hassan Mudane surveys some of the literature.
The Somali civil war was a brutal ordeal, causing state collapse, a huge outflow of refugees, significant loss of life,…
The Somali civil war, which started in the 1990s, has given birth to varied scholarly arguments about what caused it. Hassan Mudane surveys some of the literature.
The Somali civil war was a brutal ordeal, causing state collapse, a huge outflow of refugees, significant loss of life,…
Thoughts
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Somali scholar Said Samatar not only wrote; he crafted stories through graceful words, painting our inner ugliness as well as our glory in history, writes Faisal Roble
Professor Said Samatar’s death on February 24, 2015, is an incomparable loss to his family, friends, and fellow scholars.…
Somali scholar Said Samatar not only wrote; he crafted stories through graceful words, painting our inner ugliness as well as our glory in history, writes Faisal Roble
Professor Said Samatar’s death on February 24, 2015, is an incomparable loss to his family, friends, and fellow scholars.…
