TIFF: Somali-Canadian hip hop artist K’naan Warsame’s feature debut is a quietly assertive portrait of a mother and son on a camel farm in Northeastern Somalia. In the first sequence of “Mother Mother ...

CHOUCHA TRANSIT CAMP, Tunisia, March 29 (UNHCR) - Saber has his future mapped out. "It's clear to me I'm going to be a big star," says the budding hip hop artist. But then he adds, "Without my family, ...

EXCLUSIVE: Rising Somali rapper Sharma Boy is part of the creative team behind upcoming Canadian indie feature Lifeline, which will feature a largely Somali cast. The debut from writer-director Ilhan ...

In Mogadishu, the air is filled with the sounds of urban warfare and unresolved political chaos, but in the Nairobi neighborhood of Eastleigh — a.k.a. “Little Mogadishu” — the dominant sound is that ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Somali rapper K'naan mixes hip hop swagger with reggae and traditional music in his second album, "Troubadour," but his message is grounded in the war-torn streets of Mogadishu ...