K’naan addresses a question about Somali identity in light of a conversation with Ben Rawlence for the launch of Rawlence’s book, City of Thorns.

On February 12, 2016, Ben Rawlence came to BAM for the release of City of Thorns, his illuminating account of nine youths living in the Dadaab refugee settlement in northern Kenya. In this intimate conversation Rawlence talked to Somali-born musician K’naan about the unique combination of storytelling and sociopolitical investigative journalism in his new book—and about the harrowing impasse facing the residents of the camps: caught between war in Somalia, indefinite incarceration in Kenya, and an illegal, dangerous, and expensive journey to a better life in Europe.

Co-presented by BAM and Greenlight Bookstore.

Listen to the audio from the full talk here:   / unbound-ben-rawlence-in-conversation-with-...