Somali Week Festival 2008
Thursday, 9 October . Wednesday 15 October

 

Oxford House, Derbyshire Street, Bethnal Green, London E2 6HG



The festival will keep the focus on three disciplines: poetry, literature and music and this will be presented and discussed among artists and audiences. We are proudly to expecting a range of guests including renowned Somali and non-Somali artists, academics and commentators:

Ali Sugule (poet, UAE), Abdiqaadir Abdi Shube (poet, Somalia), Ahmed Aw Geeddi (poet, Somaliland), Mahamed Dahir "Afrah" (Chair of Somali Pen, Djibouti), Abdi Mahamud Aamin (writer and educator, Djibouti), Yusuf Shaacir (poet, Somaliland), Nimco Deggan, (vocalist, UK) Abdikariim Raas (vocalist, UK), Abdilahi Bootaan (Poet, UK), Adan Tarabi (Poet, Somaliland), Martin Orwin (SOAS, UK), Boobe Yusuf Duale (writer, Academy for Peace and Development, Somaliland), Hassan Adan Samatar (vocalist, Netherlands), Jama Musse Jama (writer, Italy), Abdillahi Awed Egeh,( writer, UK), Ibraahin Yuusuf Axmed "Hawd", Mahamed Hassan "Alto" (SOAS, UK), Qaboojiye (vocalist, UK) Jihaan(vocalist, UK) Mahamed Baashe (writer, UK) Aar (composer and vocalist, UK), Abdifitaah Yare( vocalist, UK) and many more.




 
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Join us at the exceptional festival in order to celebrate and explore the uniqueness of Somali art and culture.
For more information about the Festival.s Programme, call Ayan Mahamoud, the Festival Coordinator on 020 7749 1140 or e-mail: ayan.mahamoud@oxfordhouse.org.uk