Somalia, the land of poets
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Africa
Somalia, the land of poets
Mohamed Siad Barre pushed for greater gender equality. and promised to eradicate tribalism. However, his most significant contribution was the introduction of a script. In a country where words mattered –and the poet told stories. After Barre – the state would decide history not the storytellers. We meet the country's poets and singers.
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