Somalia’s location on the Horn of Africa made it a strategic ground for empires throughout history. In the 19th century, ...

Missionary efforts in Minnesota have been curtailed due to fear stemming from Somali culture, according to a Lutheran Church pastor. Rev. Dr. Dinku Bato, a leader of the left-leaning Lutheran Heritage ...

There may be no higher art in Somalia than oral poetry, which is recited in the most remote outposts and even by militants ...

Mohamed Ali and Leebaan Osman, co-founders and organizers of the Somali Cultural Festival in Columbus, have seen thousands of Somali Americans come since they expanded the festival in 2019. Yet before ...

In Mogadishu's National Theater, poets like Hassan Barre are striving to preserve Somalia's poetic tradition, despite ...

Salom Abdulle is worried her 13-year-old daughter won’t speak Somali, potentially straining her family relationships. “I don’t have any problem understanding my daughter, but my parents do,” she said.

Traveling abroad isn’t always necessary to gain cultural experience. The Somali Student Association is trying to help students realize there are many cultures to celebrate on campus. Northrop Plaza ...

UNESCO joined forces with the Somalia Academy of Science and Arts (SOMASA) in collaboration with the Somali National Commission for UNESCO and the Somali Permanent Delegation to UNESCO to organize a ...

The risk of increased attacks that the media face is exacerbated by the lack of investigations and prosecution of perpetrators involved in the killing of journalists. Impunity for attacks on the press ...

In Mogadishu’s National Theater—a place once shattered by violence—the soft rise of a poem now competes with memories of a ...

Somalia remains one of the most dangerous places for the media to operate in, with reporters facing the risk of arbitrary arrests, assaults, threats and even death from state agents and rebel groups.