Editor’s Note: The following is an interview in which Kenya’s eminent writer, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, recommends a list of 7 novels from Africa that one must read. The list is not exhaustive and there is a disclaimer that reads that these recommendations are only for novels, “When you need to look beyond Achebe and Naguib...
February 5, 2025
Category: InterView
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Juxa: An Interview
Editor’s Note: Abdi Farah Saeed “Juxa” is a veteran Somali journalist, writer, poet, statesman, and public figure who has held both senior-level state and federal positions. He was the Education Minister in Puntland from 2009 to 2014. Until January 2018, he was the Federal Minister of the Interior, Federal Affairs, and Reconciliation. In addition to...
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AN INTERVIEW WITH ALI BUNOW KORANE WHO IS VYING FOR THE GOVERNORSHIP OF GARISSA COUNTY, NORTH EASTERN PROVINCE, KENYA
Editor’s Note: WardheerNews would like to share an interview previously published and conducted with Mr. Ali Bunow Korane for his first attempt of the governorship on June 1, 2011. Adan Makina conducted the interview for WardheerNews. ___________ WardheerNews (WDN): Mr. Korane, can you briefly tell us about your background? Ali Bunow Korane (ABK): I am a son of Garissa County...
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An interview with Ali M. Ahad
Editor’s note: Ali Mumin Ahad is a Somali scholar with multifaceted interests and a personal life story that brought him from Somalia to Italy, and now to Australia. Ali obtained his undergraduate degree in Economics at the Somali National University, and then moved to Italy where he earned his master’s degree in agribusiness at Università...
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Waraysi: Xuseen Cabdi Xalane (Xalane)
Odhaahda Tifaftirka: Waxaa noo suurta gashay in aan waraysi taabanaya dhinacyo badan oo Suugaanta ah in aanu la yeelano Mudane Xuseen Cabdi Xalane, oo ah Abwaan gabayaa ah, si aad ah-na loogu qadariyo Suugaanta Soomaalida. Abwaan Xalane waxa uu in badan ka soo shaqeeyay ha’addaha samafalka. Waxa kale oo uu Xalane horey u noqday Wasiirka...
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The case of Somali language
By Professor Abdalla Omar Mansur When the Somali language was transcribed and became the national language in 1972, it was used extensively as the medium of instruction and administration. The way in which all this was realized became a model for imitation and emulation by other countries of the African continent. But after the collapse...
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An Interview with Sheiknor A. Qassim
Editors Note: Sheiknor Abukar Qassim is a Somali political activist and a prominent figure in the South West political landscape. Born in Mogadishu to a family steeped in Somali history and politics, Sheiknor left Somalia in the mid-eighties to pursue higher education in Italy. He later migrated to Minnesota in the U.S. where he has...
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An Interview with Nigusu Worku, Regional Director of the USA for Ethiopian Airlines
Editor’s note: Africa is home to some of the fastest growing economies in the world with East Africa leading the region in terms of GDP growth, lifting millions of consumers out of poverty to mid-income category. Air Travel is expected to continue its historic relationship with GDP thus increasing demand in air travel. Ethiopian Airlines is...
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AN INTERVIEW WITH THE DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR OF UMMA UNIVERSITY
By WardheerNews Editor’s Note: Umma University, a prestigious institution of higher learning having all the hallmarks of secular and Islamic-based education is now a force to reckon with after its establishment in 1997-thirty four years after Kenya attained independence from England on the 12th of December, 1963. If “a journey of a thousand miles starts...
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An Interview with MP Mariam Arif Ghassim
By WardheerNews Editor’s note: Mariam Arif Ghassim is the Chair of the Constitutional Oversight and Review Committee in the Federal Parliament of Somalia. An attorney by training, she spent close to two decades in Mogadishu after the collapse of Siad Barre’s regime. Ms. Ghassim has a keen eye for all things “Mogadishu”: from the daily...