Art & Books
But Why You, Edna? Review of Edna Adan Ismail’s A Woman of Firsts
At a time when the Somali society held tenaciously to the beliefs that a good.
Questions, hope, and determination in Nomzamo Dube’s Milk, Bile and Honey
When the war ends, Nomzamo Dube’s protagonist becomes a fugitive and begins a war of.
Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga released on bail
The Zimbabwean Award-winning novelist was arrested on Friday, 31 July 2020 while taking part in.
Meet Lula Ali Ismaïl, Djibouti’s ‘First Lady of Film’
Lula Ali Ismaïl was in her mid-thirties, living in Canada with a steady job. She.
Authorities briefly arrest poet over suspected incitement remarks
Days after the government closed down two privately owned Tv networks, authorities in Hargeisa briefly.
The Left-Out Somali Home Makers
Undeniably, Somali pastoral women play a key role in sustaining the livelihoods and resilience of.
Somaliland government welcomes the discovery of lost Dervish Film
Hargeisa (Somaliland.com) – Somaliland’s government welcomed the discovery of a long lost Dervish film and.
Cristina Ali Farah’s Little Mother: Capturing the Ripple Effects of the Somali Civil War
My dear, My dear daughters and sons Our ancestors have made gabay and buranbur Hidden.
Lost Somali Dervish film found after 34 years
In an unforeseen discovery of great import to the preservation of African cinematic heritage, the.
Ifrah Monsur: Voice of a Refugee Artist
Ifrah Mansour is a US-based Somali artist who identifies as a multimedia artist because her.
EU awards the winners of the peace poetry competition
Mogadishu – The European Union awards the winners of the Silsiladda Nabadda poetry competition to.
“WRITE A POEM”. By Ubaji Abubakar Eazy on Xenophobic Attacks in South Africa
© Ubaji Isiaka Abubakar Eazy 2019
Somali President honors dinner for novelists at Mogadishu Book Fair
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo hosted a dinner for various authors in Mogadishu on Wednesday.
Nadifa Mohamed’s The Orchard of Lost Souls: A Realistic Depiction of the Somalia of the 80s
Nadifa tells a highly riveting story, albeit shocking and soul-shattering. It is a story of horror, despoliation, and wreckage. It is a story that spells out, in a lucid manner, the animalistic and cannibalistic tendencies of man, especially when in a position of power.
© Ubaji Isiaka Abubakar Eazy Aug-2019
Book Review: A Woman of Firsts: by Edna Adan Ismail
Imprisonment. Mutilation. Persecution. ‘The Muslim Mother Teresa’ Huffington Post Edna Adan Ismail endured it all.