Diaspora

Are Somalis Black

Why Many Somali Americans Don’t See Themselves as “Black”

Somali Americans occupy a uniquely complex position in the U.S. racial landscape. They are racialized as Black but many of them resist identifying as such.

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Trump’s “Garbage” Remarks

Deconstructing Trump’s “Garbage” Remarks and Their Strategic Resonance

The remarks made by US President Donald Trump, describing US Representative Ilhan Omar and Somali Americans as “garbage,” go far beyond a simple inflammatory statement.

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Are Somalis "Black Caucasians"?

The Reason Behind the Erroneous Assumption that Somalis are Caucasian

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a belief known as the Hamitic theory gained popularity as an anthropological and linguistic theory.

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The Beautiful People of Mogadishu

In September 2021, my mother and I got the opportunity to visit Mogadishu, the White Pearl of the Indian Ocean. It was my first visit to Somalia’s capital city since I was born and raised abroad. But my mother was no stranger to the city of hope. Her first trip was in the 1970s, and […]

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The Gravedigger's Wife

What The Gravedigger’s Wife Win Means For Somali Film Future

The Gravedigger’s Wife won the grand prize at the prestigious Pan-African Film Festival, FESPACO, in Burkina Faso…

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Canadian School Renamed After Hodan Nalayeh

The Vaughan Secondary School was renamed Hodan Nalayeh Secondary School last week after the York Region District School Board trustees voted 10-2 in favour. Hodan Nalayeh was a Somali-Canadian media executive, a community activist, and an entrepreneur who had lost her life in the Asasey Hotel Attack in Kismayo, Somalia, in 2019. Among several other […]

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Somali Centre Deemed Not Black Enough: Canadian Government

Founders of the Somali Centre for Family Services in Ottawa were stunned to learn they were deemed not Black enough after their application for a government-funded program was rejected.

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