Culture

Through her journey to Somalia, Fardowsa Mohamed interrogates the power dynamics that grant western observers authority to report, and their tendency to view these territories through a colonial lens.

Somali writer Abdi-Rizak Warfa examines the challenges that Somalis in Ethiopia continue to face, despite gains in representation and the establishment of a Somali regional state.

This week, Kamel Daoud became the first Algerian to receive France’s most prestigious literary honor. Yet, in Algeria, no one seems to care.

Somalia has withdrawn from an Africa-wide football tournament for players still in their respective national leagues, citing a lack of funds, which raises important questions about the use of resources.

In 1980, Somali scholar and anti-imperialist psychiatrist Hussein Bulhan wrote a paper on the colonial partitioning of the Horn of Africa and its effects on the Somali psyche. He ambitiously attempted to sketch out its impact on the Somali mind and culture.

Tom Farer recalls his time in Mogadishu as a legal assistant and his friendship with Mohamed Abshir, who served as the commander of the Somali police before being ousted in the 1969 coup.  In early September 1963, I found myself stepping off a plane onto the ho

The kadamul, a Sahelian cloth that covers the head and face, is closely associated in Sudan with Arab militiamen and the RSF.

Author and researcher Mohamed Kheir Omer reflects on the life and work of the musician Tewolde Redda.   Tewolde Redda is one of Eritrea’s most prominent artists, renowned for his commitment to the people’s cause.

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