Nabad Iyo Caano: Peace and Milk - Scenes of Northern Somalia

Nabad Iyo Caano: Peace and Milk - Scenes of Northern Somalia Lecture | February 17 | 12-2 p.m. | 170 Barrows Hall
Speaker: James Lindsay Sponsor: Center for African Studies
Jim Lindsay will discuss his new book, co-authored with Fatima Jibrell, and his work in Northeast Somalia and other parts of the Horn of Africa. Lindsay is Former Deputy Ambassador from Australia to Kenya, with prime responsibility for Ethiopian, Eritrea, Somalia, and as well as some for Sudan from 1996 to 2000. After retiring from the diplomatic corps, he started Sun Fire Cooking with Fatima Jibrell, & stayed in region of Northeast Somalia and the Horn for many years after.

These two global peace nomads, Fatima Jibrell, a Somali environmentalist and peace activist, and James Lindsay, a retired Australian diplomat, wandered all over the geographic Horn of Africa promoting solar stoves. Fatima and James visited places where no one had ever been with a camera. The title of their book of photographs is Peace and Milk (Nabad iyo Caano in Somali), Scenes from Northern Somalia. The title comes from the traditional Somali response to the greeting: Ma nabad baa (Is there peace ), which is Nabad iyo caano (Peace and milk). Peace and Milk reveals the beauty and variety of the Somali landscape, where a centuries-old pastoral way of life is under threat due to climate change, deforestation and the production of charcoal. Photographs of landscapes, people, camels, pastoral life, charcoal and solar alternatives tell a compelling visual story of a disappearing nomadic life style. Informative captions tell the stories behind the photographs and provide an insight into Somali life.
Event Contact: 510-642-8338 Document: Peace And Milk: Scenes Of Northern Somalia Document (PDF): Lindsay Event Flyer