... that have been central to his writing career. He discusses, among other things, his dreams for his country, the Somali diaspora, the place of African writing in the world, the question of literary prizes and their influence on writers and in setting agendas for the literary world, and so on. It is a rare...

... : Routledge . Farah Nuruddin . (1970) 2003 . From a Crooked Rib . London : Penguin Books . ———. (1986) 2000a . Maps . New York : Penguin Books . ———. 1998 . Secrets . Cape Town : David Philip . ———. 2000b . Yesterday, Tomorrow: Voices from the Somali Diaspora . London...

..., “Protest pop music has just arrived in Somalia,” as written often “from the Somali diaspora” or in homemade protest lyrics on political elections deeply influenced by Western forms and values carried by the music.43 In South Korea, the megahit pop satire “Gangnam Style,” by Park Jaesang (a.k.a. Psy...

..., dislocation, fragmentation, and that is: If you were in Africa, you would have been a Ghanaian, a Nigerian, a Somali, an Ethiopian, but when you become the modem man, a representative of the modem man, you become a Negro. GL : You become a Negro to the person who uses the word Negro . NF...