Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye'
Photo credit: Crispin Hughes
Somalis are avid communicators. In a country ravaged by civil war, the lack of infrastructure has turned them into enthusiastic users of mobile telephones. No choice then for Gaarriye's translators, Bill Herbert and Martin Orwin, but to embrace modern telephony with an equal degree of enthusiasm.
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