1. Interviewing the Interviewer: A Conversation with the BBC Somali Service's Yusuf Garaad Sheikh Omer
- Author:
- Ahmed Samatar
- Publication Date:
- 01-2011
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies
- Institution:
- Macalester College
- Abstract:
- The famous Thames River and the city of London are intimately linked. Much like Paris and the Seine or the Twin Cities and the Mississippi, London without the Thames is unthinkable. Though the river is nolonger pivotal for the transportation of goods and people, life in this metropolis still draws on the many advantages of the waterway, particularly during the late spring, summer, and early autumn seasons of the year. With more than two millennia of history and as the one-time center of the now-defunct British Empire, London has been for a number of centuries—and continues to be—a leading global city. With are markable alchemy of mutating versions of tradition and modernity, London boasts some of the most urbane populations to be found anywhere. I came of age in this dense but civilized place—a place where, for instance, taxi driving is a distinctive skill that combines exceptional courteousness and thorough knowledge of the numerous grand boulevards and the labyrinth of ancient back streets.
- Political Geography:
- London