Before the Netflix documentary drops on February 10, Somalis hope for a fairer representation of a conflict that has long been told from a Western perspective.
In this essay from her new websiteIna'Xaashi, the author explains how the Somali dirac came to symbolise the connection between her British and Somali identities
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