Reviewed by : Abdirahman A. Issa Book: SafiirkaAuthor: Peter BridgesPublisher: Kent State University PressPages: 266 Language: EnglishPublication date: 2000 Peter Bridges is an American career diplomat who has served in American foreign service for three decades. He was posted in … Continued
Reviewd by Abdirahman Issa Book: Back to MogadishuAuthor: Mohamed Aden SheikhPublished Independently published Pages: 389 Publication date: 2021 Mohamed Aden Sheikh was a surgeon by profession and educated in Italy. He served a long time as Minister of Health and later … Continued
Han iyo Hagardaamo waa buug cusub oo uu qoray Maxamuud Ibraahim jaamac (Xaaji), waana sheeko-faneed qaadaadhigaysa hanka durugsan iyo haybadda waxsoosaar ee Ilaah hibada u siiyay walaalaheena gabooye. Waxaa barbar socda taas, hagardaamada iyo hantaaqada ay Soomaalida kale ku hayaan … Continued
Reviewed by Abdi Issa and Gaaruun YalaxAuthor: Abdi Ismail SamatarPublished: Red Sea PressPages: 212Publication date : 2022 Abdi Samatar’s new book Framing Somalia Beyond Africa’s Merchants of Misery is another well-reasoned and researched take down on the status quo of … Continued
Mohamed Kahiye MOGADISHU, SOMALIA — Somalia’s annual Mogadishu International Book Fair has resumed following the suspension of the event last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Restrictions were applied to the invitation-only event this year in order to prevent the … Continued
Reviewed by Adan Makina, WardheerNewsAuthor: Marco ZoppoPublished: Rowman & Littlefield Pages: 246Publication date : August 20, 2021 Editor’s Note: The newly-published book, Horizons of security State and extended family, that was preceded by an interview whose topic was An Interview … Continued
Gorfeyntii: Cali M. Cartan Qoraha buugga: Maxamed Ibraahim Jaamac(Xaaji) Waxaa DHL-ku i soo gaarsiiyay dhiganaha loogu magacdaray Calaf iyo Cugasho, annaga oo dabayaaqo toddobaad oo saddex maalmood oo nasasho ah ku jirna. Calaf iyo Cugasho waxaan u helay jawi deggan … Continued
By Ryan Lenora Brown The Malian writer Amadou Hampâté Bâ famously wrote that “in Africa, when an old man dies, a library burns down.” Shugri Said Salh found herself haunted by those words. She had grown up in a nomadic community … Continued
By Adan Makina The recently published book, Pruning the Youngster by Abdinoor Derow has been in progression for three years, according to the author who painstakingly took the time and energy to make it a reality. Published this year by … Continued
From the introduction: The essence of this attempt at translating some of Chekhov’s short stories has been the fulfilment of the ambitious aim, albeit to a very small degree, of introducing the Somali reader to the cultural world of Chekhov … Continued
Maxaa Soomaali Hoggaan Xumada Baday? Qoraha buugga: Siciid Cali Shire Gorfayntii: Cabdixakiim Diiriye “Raggii madaxdu ka xumaato waa marin habaabaane” Cismaan Yuusuf Keenadiid. Inta aan arkey qeexidda ugu kooban uguna habboon ee hoggaaminta laga bixiyey, waa tan uu doortay qoraa … Continued
By Muhumed M. Muhumed (Khadar “No character in recent Somali history has drawn so much attention from both foreign and indigenous writers as the Sayyid Mahammad ‘Abdille Hasan, known in colonial literature as the ‘Mad Mullah’”1 writes the late Prof. … Continued
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