How the Home Office Uses Language Science to Keep the Foreigners Out

Listen to this Recording of a Somali Nomad From the 1931 Paris Expo

From the mid nineteenth century onwards, colonial powers began to hold these “World fairs”. The aim was simple: how do we introduce the metropolis to the colonies? How do we make it easier for our population (the…

What Keeping a Journal for 12 Years Taught Me

I never really had a journal as a child. I wasn’t reflective and didn’t feel the need to write anything down. I wanted to spend every waking moment playing video games. The closest thing to a journal I had was the Argos catalogue. I remember…

The Centre Cannot Hold — Modernity in Somali Theatre

Finding Delicious Music on Somali Youtube

I’m looking for a song. I can’t remember any of the lyrics, but there’s a really catchy hook. The singer says “wow” a total of 120 times. So I head over to Youtube, and I type the word “wow”. Millions of hits are returned. Hmmm…ok. Maybe “wow hees”. A whole…

If You’re Serious about Coding, Begin Now with these Steps

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Note: This is largely intended for people that have done no coding whatsoever and want to build websites…

Django — 10 Things Worth Doing

Make three/two separate settings files

Traces of Social Protocol and the Self

This is a photo I took years ago. It’s probably one of my favourite photos. I went through a…

Your Future Jobs Needs Your Help

Historically, learning was done in the classroom. You would finish school at say 16, you’ve enough…