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Amiirkii farxadda ku jirey iyo afar sheeko oo kale
Published in this Volume 6 of Iswaydaarsi (exchange) series, is a collection of five short stories English novelists and story writers. Each story has been translated into Somali by Rashid Sheikh Abdullahi and Mohamed Hassan. The original stories in English and their translated Somali version are both included in the book. Also included are the translated works, into English of visiting artists to the Somali Week Festival 2012. The Iswaydaarsi (exchange) series offers translations into Somali of English works by Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edith Nesbit and Oscar Wilde; and from Somali poetry by Said Salah, Muuse Cali Faruur, Cabdi Yuusuf Xasan “Cabdi-dhuux”, Faysal Cumar Mushteeg and Xasan Qowdhan Yuusuf into English. The series intends to provide knowledge of international classical literature to the Somali speaking readership, alongside Somali literature and wisdom.
Qaran iyo Qabiil
Qaran iyo Qabiil by Rashid Sh. Abdillahi is a profound study, written in Somali, of how clannism is anathema to modern Somali State development. The author examines how Somali traditional norms and values are directly antagonistic to the process of state building, which is one of the overriding issues facing the Somali nation in this critical juncture of its national history. This is a well researched study of the state versus clannism and constitutes a major contribution to the field of Somali politics in these testing and turbulent times. The book is highly recommended for all those interested in the current Somali political thought in the Horn of Africa.
Consider Somaliland
Can ‘traditional’ leaders and institutions help to build more legitimate, accountable and effective governments in polities or ‘states’ under (re)construction? This book investigates the fascinating case of “Somaliland”, the 20-year old non-recognized state which emerged from Somalia’s conflict and state collapse.
Africa's First Democrats
Abdi Ismail Samatar provides a clear and foundational history of Somalia at the dawn of the country's independence when Africa's first democrats appeared. While many African countries were dominated by authoritarian rulers when they entered the postcolonial era—and scholars have assumed this as a standard feature of political leadership on the continent—Somalia had an authentic democratic leadership. Samatar's political biography of Aden A. Osman and Abdirazak H. Hussen breaks the stereotype of brutal African tyranny. Samatar discusses the framing of democracy in Somalia following the years of control by fascist Italy, the formation of democratic organizations during the political struggle, and the establishment of democratic foundations in the new nation. Even though this early state of affairs did not last, these leaders left behind a strong democratic legacy that may provide a model of good governance for the rest of the continent.
Dharaaraa Ina Soo Maray
On the Somali National Movement.
Somalia Recent Economic and Political Developments Handbook Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments
2011 Updated Reprint. Updated Annually. Somalia Recent Economic and Political Developments Yearbook
The National Review
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A History of East African Theatre, Volume 1
This book is the first ever transnational theatre study of an African region. Covering nine nations in two volumes, the project covers a hundred years of theatre making across Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda. This volume focuses on the theatre of the Horn of Africa. The book shows how the theatres of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia, little known in the outside world, have been among the continent's most politically important, commercially successful, and widely popular; making work almost exclusively in local languages and utilizing hybrid forms that have privileged local cultural modes of production. A History of African Theatre is relevant to all who have interests in African cultures and their relationship to the history and politics of the East African region.
Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac Gaarriye
Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac “Gaarriye” (1951-2012) was a well-known Somali speaking contemporary poet. Originally from Hargeysa, Somaliland he was among many of his contemporaries living in Mogadishu in the 1970s, and whose works are credited with having great influence upon the prevalent sociopolitical situation in the country today. Thoughy largely motivated and moved by patriotic sentiments they were also sympathetic to the leftist political movements which were internationally popular in that era. Many themes such as an indefatigable advocacy of human rights, freedom of thought and expression, and a vehement hatred of all forms of human degradation were so brilliantly articulated in his poetry. In this volume, alongside biography material, is a selection of some of Gaarriye's most lauded poetry, such as his master pieces on ‘Nuclear Weapons’, ‘Nelson Mandela’, ‘Watergate’ and ‘Zimbabwe’. This book is the fifth in the “Iswaydaarsi” (Exchange) series which aspires to translate Somali literature and wisdom into other languages, and at the same time providing specific knowledge of international classical literature to the Somali speaking readership.
