- Aged just 16, Abdishakur Mohamed confidently presented his latest
work to the Hargeisa book fair, an event that has transformed
Somaliland's literary scene over the past decade. Abdishakur spent four years writing "Ab-ka haleel" ("In the footsteps
of our ancestors"), intended as a rebuttal of friends who he says were
not "embracing their culture".
"Instead they see it as unimportant, and their Somali identity is in danger," he told AFP.
At the first annual event in 2008, organisers only exhibited a
handful of books borrowed from friends and attracted just 200 visitors.
Read more;http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-5984963/Book-fair-turns-page-literature-Somaliland.html
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