For the Wretched of the Horn

This article reiterates the importance of translating worldliterature classics into Somali, by recounting the personalexperience of the translator who translated, among others,Edward Said, Paulo Freire, Harold Laski, Karl Marx and FranzFanon. The story told by the translator in this short articlefocuses on the reasons behind the choice, in particular, ofFranz Fanon's "The Wretched of the Earth".