<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>New titles ASC Leiden</title><description>ASC Leiden RSS feed</description><link>http://www.asclibrary.nl/rss/NewtitlesASCLeiden.xml</link><item><link>https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972026101910?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss</link><title>Poetic justice? An introduction to Miimley, a contemporary Somali poetry debate</title>  <source url="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/africa/latest-issue">Africa</source><description><![CDATA[In the spring of 2017, Somali(lander) social media played host to a heated debate about government corruption, socio-economic justice and the future of Somaliland&#8217;s democratic project. The debate took place entirely in verse and became known as Miimley (&#8216;in/with m&#8217;), as all its poems alliterate in miin (&#8216;m&#8217;). In an immediate sense, Miimley went viral as it became a forum for airing several simmering socio-political and economic frustrations and for discussing Somaliland&#8217;s democratic trajectory. Yet its popularity also rested on its poetic form: Miimley is a contemporary iteration of a poetry silsilad (chain), a long-established political-literary practice. This article and its accompanying poems introduce readers to Miimley and the current dynamics of Somali poetic debate. After contextualizing Miimley in a political and literary sense, I detail the biographies and contributions of six poets: Xasan Daahir Ismaaciil &#8216;Weedhsame&#8217;, Cabdullaahi Xasan Ganey, Daaha Cabdi Gaas, Deeqa Nuux Yoonis, Layla Cali Faarax &#8216;Layla Sagal&#8217; and Ibraahin Xasan &#8216;Sangal&#8217;. In so doing, this work offers an insight into the political perspectives of a generation of social media-savvy poets who came of age after the collapse of the central Somali state, while also reflecting on the enduring yet evolving role of poetry in Somali political life.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:55:58 +02:00</pubDate></item></channel></rss>