Wednesday 10 June 2026
somali studies
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.…
Analysis
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Somaliland’s structural failures stem from professions without regulatory power. Granting them real authority is essential for public safety and long-term development.…
Somaliland’s structural failures stem from professions without regulatory power. Granting them real authority is essential for public safety and long-term development.…
Interviews
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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.…
Interviews
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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. …
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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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.…
Books
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The Horn of Africa today is deeply divided, both politically and socially. These divisions have led to widespread conflict and a belief, even among members of the same ethnic group, that our differences are irreconcilable. As a result, people often trace current issues back into the past, crafting…
The Horn of Africa today is deeply divided, both politically and socially. These divisions have led to widespread conflict and a belief, even among members of the same ethnic group, that our differences are irreconcilable. As a result, people often trace current issues back into the past, crafting…
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.…
Thoughts
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Professor John ‘Jaamac’ Johnson recalls his visits to Somalia in the 1960s and his interactions with scholars, poets and writers.
One pleasant summer afternoon in 1968, a group of friends embarked on a train journey from London, heading north to visit another friend at…
Professor John ‘Jaamac’ Johnson recalls his visits to Somalia in the 1960s and his interactions with scholars, poets and writers.
One pleasant summer afternoon in 1968, a group of friends embarked on a train journey from London, heading north to visit another friend at…
