Somalia Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/somalia/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Fri, 26 Aug 2022 19:39:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Somalia Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/somalia/ 32 32 67616479 Hadraawi: the most famed poet in Somalia, the land of the poets https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/hadraawi-the-most-famed-poet-in-somalia-the-land-of-the-poets/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/hadraawi-the-most-famed-poet-in-somalia-the-land-of-the-poets/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:00:39 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71623 Poet, soldier and critic of postcolonial elites, Hadraawi was the greatest poet of his generation.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/hadraawi-the-most-famed-poet-in-somalia-the-land-of-the-poets/feed/ 0 71623 If only all refugees were treated like Ukrainians https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/if-only-all-refugees-were-treated-like-ukrainians/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/if-only-all-refugees-were-treated-like-ukrainians/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 10 Mar 2022 11:19:12 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=69765 People fleeing wars in places like Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and Yemen have faced racially motivated hostility in Europe, revealing Western double standards.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/if-only-all-refugees-were-treated-like-ukrainians/feed/ 0 69765 The beauty and brilliance of Baxsan, one of the most popular Somali singers of all time https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/the-beauty-and-brilliance-of-baxsan-one-of-the-most-popular-somali-singers-of-all-time/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/the-beauty-and-brilliance-of-baxsan-one-of-the-most-popular-somali-singers-of-all-time/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 04 Nov 2020 08:43:18 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me//?p=68177 Baxsan's tumultuous six-decade journey as a singer was irrevocably tied to Somalia's national identity and cultural history.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/the-beauty-and-brilliance-of-baxsan-one-of-the-most-popular-somali-singers-of-all-time/feed/ 0 68177 West Africa’s coast rises as world’s most dangerous piracy zone https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/west-africas-coast-rises-as-worlds-most-dangerous-piracy-zone/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/west-africas-coast-rises-as-worlds-most-dangerous-piracy-zone/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 17 Jan 2020 07:29:43 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me//?p=66892 The West African coast specially the Gulf of Guinea has become the most dangerous piracy zone. It accounted for more than 90% of global crew member kidnappings last year according to the International Maritime Bureau.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/west-africas-coast-rises-as-worlds-most-dangerous-piracy-zone/feed/ 0 66892 Meet two young Somali-American women who won city council seats in Maine and Minnesota https://thisisafrica.me/africans-rising/somali-american-women-have-won-city-council-seats-in-maine-and-minnesota/ https://thisisafrica.me/africans-rising/somali-american-women-have-won-city-council-seats-in-maine-and-minnesota/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 13 Nov 2019 08:09:46 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me//?p=65378 Despite ugly smear campaigns to discredit them, violent threats and racist comments 23-year-olds Safiya Khalid and Nadia Mohamed who are both former refugees still managed to secure historic victories by becoming the first Somali-Americans elected to the city council of Lewiston, Maine and St Louis Park, Minnesota respectively.

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