Arts and Culture

Mohammed Hussein Ali

  1. Somali Early Childood Parenting: An Appeal for a Change

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

If Only by Bodle Mohamed

Image
If Only... by Bodle Mohamed Once upon a time,  there was a boy who lived in a small town. The boy's name was Khadar, and he lived with his father. His mother died when he was four years old. One day, one of his friend in school told him, "there is a party at my house tonight; it is my birthday, will you come?" Khadar answered affirmatively. After School, Khadar went home and met his father watching television, he asked his father if it was okay to attend the party at his friend's house that night. He father said no. Khadar felt angry that his father refused him from attending his friend's birthday party. He yelled at his father, and then left the house angrily. After about four hours which the son did not return home, Khadar's father went looking for him. While he was searching for his son that evening, he noticed that some robbers were attempting to steal from a small shop. Khadar's father knew that if he called the police, they...
Read more

Racial Chauvinism and French Assimilation Policy in Ferdinand Oyono’s Houseboy

Image
                                      - Ubaji Isiaka Abubakar Eazy The French  were forerunners in defining the concept of universal modern human liberty. With thinkers like Rousseau, Voltaire, and Montesquieu, the French stood far ahead of others in advocating human rights and freedom, but one wonders exactly what they were doing trying to make French men of Africans in their colonies. It is easier to talk about universal justice and human freedom and put them down in black and white, but the practical aspect is always a huge challenge. The American Declaration of Independence written as far back as 1776, for instance, foregrounds the equality of all men: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these rights are Life, Liberty, and pursuit of Happiness.’ (Declaration of Inde...
Read more

Down Town Market by Nabiha Abdillahi

Image
  Down Town Market                          --Nabiha Abdillahi Down Town Market is located in Hargeisa, Somaliland in the horn of Africa region. The market is said to be at the central part of Somaliland, and it plays host to a plethora of people visiting it daily from different parts of the country, including Somalia. Down Town Market is very big, and also quite beautiful because the government and its citizens invested in its development. The market operates for 18 hours, but on special days like public holidays, Fridays, and Eids, it runs 24 hours. The market is usually very busy at the early hours of the morning and noon; this is when one might experience traffic jam on its roads. The market has more than than four thousands supermarkets and shops.  And, you can get virtually anything you need in it ranging from grocery, clothes, jeweleries etc. You can find hospitals, universities, sch...
Read more