POLITICAL TURMOIL AND CONFLICT: A NEO-COLONIAL STUDY OF NURUDDIN FARAH’S SECRETS

Abstract

Nuruddin Farah is a well-known playwright and novelist from Somalia, known for his wide range of works that examine subjects including politics, identity, and the effects of social and historical factors. In “Secrets,” published in 1998, Farah examines the subject of social and familial secrets in light of Somalia’s political unrest. The book explores the intricacies of interpersonal connections and individual pasts. The central plot of Secrets centres on Kalaman, the main character, and his quest to learn the truth about his true identity, a fact that his parents have chosen to keep hidden. Farah situates Kalaman’s identity quest within the conflicting forces of Somalia’s globalization and the covert weights preventing the country from developing a coherent identity. This research article seeks to explore the societal and individual conflict faced under the influence of globalization and neo-colonialization.

Keywords: Conflict, Politics, Identity, Interpersonal, Globalization