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Dalladda Naadiyada Akhriska:
Wednesday 13th August
09:00 - 11:00: Readers Club Presentation
Halkaraan Readers Club in Burco hosted a two-day conference to establish an Umbrella
Oraganisation for all Somaliland Regional Readers Clubs. In this session, the leaders of the
Umbrella organisation will present their achievements over the past year. The Reader’s Clubs
together with The Somaliland Life Makers (Somaliland youth organisation) will discuss how
to augment readership in Somaliland and to organise future campaigns in this regard.
12:00-13:30: Traditional Board Games (Shax, Layli goobalay) and their
pedagogic role
Several authors who have dedicated themselves to writing about Shax and Layli Goobalay
in the past two years will be available to meet the audience. This session will also organise
the first Somaliland Shax Game tournament, a popular traditional Somali game. The winner
will be named the Shax Master of the Year.
15:30 - 16:30: HIBF for Juniors: The Somaliland Circus
In the final event of the programme, Hargeysa International Book Fair in collaboration with
Havoyoco presents the Somaliland Circus, an entertainment event for the public at large.
16:30 - 17:30: Summing Up and Conclusion - The Way Forward
HIBF concludes the six-day program of events with a summary of the main points from the
various panels and lectures followed by a discussion on the theme and plans for 2015.
19:30 - 21:00: Closing Gala (by invitation)
Major topic
Closing Gala: The Moving Library and Play production
During the closing Gala we will screen a short documentary film of the inaugural Moving
Library tour of 2014 and the campaign to press local authorities to set up public local
libraries. Finally, we will screen the most historically ground-breaking of Somali plays, The
Trap, directed by Abdirahman Yusuf Artan. The Trap is an innovative play that breaks
away from traditional theatrical norms in an attempt to depict, in a highly creative way,
the vicious circle in which nomads are caught. The play succinctly captures some of the major threads running
throughout the HIBF 2014 and its exploration of the ‘Imagination.’
[Conclusion entertainment event]
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