Sketchbook Post #3 | Kaamil Haider
I decided to have my zine to be about Somalis: Who Are Somalis? The Origins & History of Somalis. I do not want to sound to patriotic or anything, but there are an eminent of Somalis in Minnesota, and I feel some Minnesotans do not have a clear picture of who Somalis are, where they come from, religion they follow, their cuisine (there are close to 25 Somali restaurants in Minneapolis), etc.
I intend to include illustrations of agriculture + livestock (primary source of food), clothing types, cultural haircut (the beginning of Afro-cuts), government (3 presidents in its whole existence), language (officially adapted in 1972 in Latin form), influence from eastern Africans, and many more I cannot crop in here.
Comments
I think this is a good idea but I think in order to coincide with the tone of the zine format explore this from a personal perspective. While informative it could easily be overlooked as a dry historical account...so consider how you can make it more of a narrative or a personal account etc.
Posted by: Heba | October 6, 2008 11:24 AM