Miski Osman: Identity, work and investment in East AfricaCEFR A1
23 Sept 2025
Adapted from Mohamed Mohamud, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by Brett Jordan, Unsplash
- Miski Osman is from the Somali diaspora.
- A project collected interviews in Mogadishu and Nairobi.
- The fellowship is run by the African Union.
- The series focuses on migration, culture and creative art.
- Miski first visited Mogadishu in 2015 for two weeks.
- That visit became six months and then four years.
- By 2020 she moved to Nairobi for regional work.
- In January 2024 she joined UNOPS in Sierra Leone.
- She invests in real estate and petroleum in Nairobi.
Difficult words
- diasporan — A person living outside their home country.diasporans
- share — To give a part of something to others.
- culture — The way of life of a group of people.
- identity — Who a person is, their sense of self.
- opportunity — A chance to do something or improve.opportunities
- change — To make something different from what it was.changed
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Discussion questions
- What does living in a new city mean to you?
- How can culture influence a person's identity?
- Why do you think sharing stories is important?
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