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Ebuzer Demirci, a Turkish researcher and translator, specialising in the Horn of Africa, speaks to Geeska about his decision to translate Abdurahman Abdullahi Baadiyow’s history of Somalia into Turkish.…

Mohamoud Ibrahim (Hajji) recounts the stories of the victims of Britain’s aerial bombardment of Dervish bases in Taleh. He is also a descendant of the few survivors. This poem is an expression of the emotions I experienced that afternoon when Al Jazeera Arabic arrived to interview…

Professor Minawi speaks to Geeska about the history of Ottoman empire, its role in Africa, and why it’s important to understand its role in our common history. “I accidentally stumbled into the field of Ottoman studies,” says Mostafa Minawi. He initially studied civil engineering and…

It isn’t easy to find good books on Somalia’s modern history in English and that often creates a knowledge gap for diasporas filled with partisan stories – some parts true, others clearly not. Those that are available tend to be quite old, making them appear dated in their analysis when they do not…

My name is Ali Mumin Ahad, I was born in Beled Weyne, Somalia. There I attended elementary school at the Catholic Mission of Beled Weyne, then I was relocated to Mogadishu in the Collegio Nuova Somalia (a boarding school) to attend intermediate school (Mons. Filippini, then named after Abdulkadir…