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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:1973|1973]] [[:Category:1976|1976]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:Africa|Africa]]==== | |||
====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Literature|Literature]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Literature|Literature | |||
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'''Artist:''' Nuruddin Farah | '''Artist:''' Nuruddin Farah (b. 1945) | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Somali government under dictator Siad Barre | '''Confronting Bodies:''' Somali government under dictator Siad Barre | ||
'''Dates of Action:''' 1973, 1976 | |||
'''Dates of Action:''' 1973 | |||
'''Location:''' Somalia | '''Location:''' Somalia | ||
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'''Description of Artwork:''' Farah's novel ''From a Crooked Rib'' is about a Somali woman who struggles to free herself from her husband and father who had arranged her marriage and control her life. His novel ''A Naked Needle'', set in Mogadiscio during the period 1969 to 1972, depicts the terror in the aftermath of Major General Maxamed Siyaad Barré’s Soviet-backed coup.<P> | |||
'''The Incident:''' Farah challenged the patriarchal tradition in Somalia through his novel ''From a Crooked Rib''. The novel was serialized in the government newspaper ''Xiddigata Oktoobar'' until, in 1973, the paper discontinued the series. After Farah's second novel, ''A Naked Needle'', which was critical of Siad Barre's government, he went into a self-imposed exile in Britain in 1976 (where he had been studying) after being warned of his impending arrest should he return to Somalia. <P> | |||
'''Results of Incident:''' None of Farah's novels were published in Somalia. He has taught at Universities around the world and is an internationally known writer, currently living in South Africa. <P> | |||
'''Results of Incident:''' None of Farah's novels were published in Somalia. He has taught at Universities around the world and is an internationally known writer. <P> | |||
'''Source:''' Censorship, A World Encyclopedia, ed. D. Jones | '''Source:''' Censorship, A World Encyclopedia, ed. D. Jones | ||
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[[Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion]] | [[Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion]] | ||
[[Category:Literature]] | [[Category:Literature]] | ||
[[Category:Nuruddin Farah]] | [[Category:Nuruddin Farah]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:37, 14 January 2012
Date: 1973 1976
Region: Africa
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion
Medium: Literature
Artist: Nuruddin Farah (b. 1945)
Confronting Bodies: Somali government under dictator Siad Barre
Dates of Action: 1973, 1976
Location: Somalia
Description of Artwork: Farah's novel From a Crooked Rib is about a Somali woman who struggles to free herself from her husband and father who had arranged her marriage and control her life. His novel A Naked Needle, set in Mogadiscio during the period 1969 to 1972, depicts the terror in the aftermath of Major General Maxamed Siyaad Barré’s Soviet-backed coup.
The Incident: Farah challenged the patriarchal tradition in Somalia through his novel From a Crooked Rib. The novel was serialized in the government newspaper Xiddigata Oktoobar until, in 1973, the paper discontinued the series. After Farah's second novel, A Naked Needle, which was critical of Siad Barre's government, he went into a self-imposed exile in Britain in 1976 (where he had been studying) after being warned of his impending arrest should he return to Somalia.
Results of Incident: None of Farah's novels were published in Somalia. He has taught at Universities around the world and is an internationally known writer, currently living in South Africa.
Source: Censorship, A World Encyclopedia, ed. D. Jones
