SARA FARAH is a student, actor and writer who grew up in Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Her parents lost their home due to the Somali civil war, so like many other second-generation immigrants, she says, she has an unusual relationship with her culture and country of origin. “My image of my country is of a Frankenstein’s monster, an amalgam of second-hand ideas and stories. The Somalia I know is the memory of the Somalia of the 70s carried here to the shores of Britain.” Sara prefers to write fantasy and science fiction but, she says, “something about the way many second-generation immigrants write about their countries of origin frustrated me. So I decided to write about my country of origin in a way that is truthful to me.”

NURA ABDI is a copywriter, podcaster, lover of obscure internet memes and avid TikTok viewer. The child of Somali parents, she spent the better part of her life moving from country to country until she returned to the African continent. Now, her love for Africa and African people is leading her down a path of rediscovering what it means to be an African, a feminist and a baby socialist.

"Somalia, 1972" By Sara Farah Read By Nura Abdi (Somalia)

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"Somalia, 1972" By Sara Farah Read By Nura Abdi (Somalia)

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