The Future of Somali Studies at Somali Week Festival
As new the chairperson of the Somali Studies International Association for the next three years, I summarised the next steps after the 13th Congress held in Hargeysa and the future of the SSIA. Others who shared the panel with, include Dr. Martin Orwin, senior researcher at SOAS, London University, who attended the Congress and presented reflections on the outcome; Dr. Yusuf Sheikh Omar, Associate Researcher at SOAS and young scholar Hodan Musa, who both presented papers at the conference.