Somali Cultural Heritage Management and Development This ongoing research project by Dr Sada Mire since 2003, has its goal to develop education, management and research of Somali cultural heritage. Part of her research engages communities in the Diaspora but the main...
Somali heritage and identity: home and abroad, past and present This original book project is on Somali heritage and identity, home and abroad, past and present, which includes research on Somali Diaspora community in the UK, Kenya, Scandinavia and the Netherlands. It...
Mapping the Archaeology of Somaliland: a community archaeology project This collaborative project undertakes the most comprehensive survey of archaeological sites in Somaliland carried out together with her team in Somaliland together with the Department of Tourism...
War and Famine vs. Peace and Fertility: Resilient Societies in the Horn of Africa This project uses cultural heritage and archaeology as a departure point to tackle global issues in terms war and famine in the Horn of Africa. It uses cultural notions of peace- and...
Violent conflicts all over the world pose a great threat. Not only to the region’s inhabitants, but also to the cultural heritage in the area. This is the subject of the Europe Lecture in The Hague on 13 June. It came as a shock: in May 2015 terror group Islamic State...
