In conversation with upcoming debut author Salma Ibrahim & Comedy

In this event we will celebrate the launch of Salma Ibrahim’s book Salutation Road. Salma is an author, marketer, and works for UNICEF. She also runs the marketing organization Literary Natives, helping authors of colour find their audiences. Salutation Road has been described as a ‘beautifully told, speculative literary debut about the everyday struggles of immigration, love and letting go of a past that never really existed.’

This event will be followed by comedic talents from the East African community. The lineup will include Ola Labib (Sudan), Diesel (Somali), Simba Rabsha (Somali-Yemen), Prince Abdi (Somali), and Bamph (Somali).

Event Host: Christina Woolner is a social anthropologist who is interested in the role of popular arts and practices of ‘voicing’ in processes of sociopolitical transformation, with a focus on the music and poetry of Somaliland and its diaspora. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher affiliated with the University of Cambridge and Northumbria University, and recently joined the Kayd Team as Artistic Director.

Language: English

Host or Publisher Kayd Somali Arts and Culture