Offering a reading of the Somali novelist Nuruddin Farah through the prism of the French philosopher Michel Foucault, this book argues that the preoccupations that have remained central throughout Farah s 40 year career including political autocracy, border conflicts, international aid and development, civil war, transnational migration, and the Horn of Africa s place in a so-called axis of evil can be mapped onto some key concerns in Foucault s writing. Farah s writing calls for a more refined, substantial reading of the world s current geo-political situation and as such, it both warrants...
Offering a reading of the Somali novelist Nuruddin Farah through the prism of the French philosopher Michel Foucault, this book argues that the preocc...
