The festival will feature poetry, comedy, play and conversations with well renowned Somali artists and thinkers from the UK and abroad including: Anab Guled. Abdirahman Barwaaqo, Prof Cawo Abdi, Ugaaso Bocoow, Ibrahim Hersi Hurre and a new Somali produced and directed play titled Struggle.
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