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From fascist plantations to the banana wars, Somalia’s favourite fruit carries a history of dispossession and exploited labour. Its uncertain future reveals the inequalities that have outlasted colonial rule.
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Nice piece on the convoluted political economic history of bananas in Somalia. Chimes with the thing we did about bananas and checkpoints and Al Shabaab a while back: riftvalley.net/banana-checkp…
From fascist plantations to the banana wars, Somalia’s favourite fruit carries a history of dispossession and exploited labour. Its uncertain future reveals the inequalities that have outlasted colonial rule.
geeska.com/en/fascist-banana…
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Organise before the next protest. geeska.com/en/organising-nex… @cawralaraage @Geeskaplatform @MarwaadK @HornForum
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My latest for Geeska about the history and future of the banana in #Somalia, through the eras of colonialism, Barre, state collapse, jihadism and more…
From fascist plantations to the banana wars, Somalia’s favourite fruit carries a history of dispossession and exploited labour. Its uncertain future reveals the inequalities that have outlasted colonial rule.
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Can anti-Zionist Somalilanders Speak?
My latest
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“For Somaliland, the task is therefore not simply to identify the next issue capable of bringing young people into the streets. It is to strengthen the conditions under which collective action can become informed, organised and sustained: accessible political education, spaces for deliberation, legal literacy, independent documentation and mechanisms for holding powerful public and private actors accountable. The telecommunications price increase was reversed, but the structural questions it exposed remain. Whether the protests become a turning point will depend less on how quickly the next grievance produces public anger than on the capacity to organise before it arrives.” Writes Marwaad Kayse👇🏿
Somaliland’s telecom protests and Kenya’s Gen Z mobilisation show how shared anger can unite young people. Turning that anger into sustained political action requires knowledge, organisation and spaces for collective debate.
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#Somaliland rebuilt from the ruins of war, but the recovery of its cultural memory has been slower, more fragile, and no less essential.
✍️ Hamdi Ali
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President Deni has accomplished what his predecessors could not by bringing Puntland’s powerful autonomous security force under his control. The triumph promises greater stability but also revives a familiar Somali fear, the return of one-man rule.
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The protests of dialysis patients in Hargeisa stirred a young poet to speak, carrying forth an old Somali tradition in which verse stands as the moral conscience of society and lays bare the failings of the political class.
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#somaliland
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Israel’s recognition gave Somaliland a historic diplomatic breakthrough, yet the aftermath damaged its soft power, revealing hostile geopolitical narratives and serious weaknesses in strategic communication.
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#somaliland
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Contemporary anxieties over Somali “Arabisation” frequently reproduce colonial ideas of authenticity, misread Islamic influence as cultural displacement, and overlook the more consequential erosion of language and intergenerational memory.
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Book Review: A Brief History of Formal Education in British Somaliland Protectorate (1884–1960) by Dr Abdullahi Deria.
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From Khartoum to Kampala, Walid Al-Alfi’s Girls’ Theatre project helps Sudanese women turn personal memories of war and Kampala into performances shaped in their own voices onstage today.
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#sudan
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Somali #piracy is resurging as regional wars, weakened maritime patrols, militant alliances, foreign maritime expansion, and local security gaps converge to threaten critical shipping lanes.
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@Geeskaplatform Honored to share key insights on the current situation in the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Navigating maritime security, trade stability, and supply chain resilience in this crucial corridor is more vital than ever.
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"Nearly two decades after that first gathering at Guriga Shaqaalaha, what remains with me is not simply the image of book stalls. I think instead about meetings between generations."
- a beatiful read about @HaregysaBF by @JinowCali - @Geeskaplatform
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"Nearly two decades after that first gathering at Guriga Shaqaalaha, what remains with me is not simply the image of book stalls. I think instead about meetings between generations."
- a beatiful read about @HaregysaBF by @JinowCali - @Geeskaplatform
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An absolutely fantastic read by Khadar A. Muhumed over at @Geeskaplatform! I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Book Review: A Brief History of Formal Education in British Somaliland Protectorate (1884–1960) by Dr Abdullahi Deria
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My recent article on #Somaliland ‘s soft-power published in @TheAfricaReport was heavily edited.
Here is the full analysis!
Israel’s recognition gave Somaliland a historic diplomatic breakthrough, yet the aftermath damaged its soft power, revealing hostile geopolitical narratives and serious weaknesses in strategic communication.
geeska.com/en/recognition-wh…
#somaliland
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The meaning of Omar Artan | a beautiful tribute by @FaisalAHAli geeska.com/en/meaning-omar-a…
