Somalis, social media, creative urban diaspora and migration narratives in conflict: Buufis–Creative Diaspora–Afro Europeans–creative cities–Global South

This article presents the methodological approach and findings obtained during the first phase of the research project Conflict.NET. The focus is on the ‘narratives in conflict’ that are emerging from the interactions between different types of Somali migrants, in order to understand why and how Nairobi, Kenya, became an important creative cultural hub for the Somali Creative Diaspora interested in challenging the mainstream narratives on cultural identity, migration and other relevant topics. In this article, I argue that these creative media makers have similar agendas and have been able to cross platforms and become mainstream.