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Forbidden Love: Cilmi Boodheri

The story of the poor and illiterate baker and poet Cilmi Boodheri, who fell in love with Hodan, a wealthy young woman. Robert Walker travels to Somaliland in East Africa to retrace the footsteps of the poet who died for love.

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22 minutes

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project