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Banned and restricted books in Somalia
3 titles have been banned or restricted in Somalia, recorded across 3 dated, source-cited events, most often for political content.
Titles
3
Ban events
3
Top reason
Political content
Decades active
2
Most-restricted titles
| Title | Author | Year | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Satanic Verses | Salman Rushdie | 1988 | 1 |
| A Naked Needle | Nuruddin Farah | 1976 | 1 |
| Sweet and Sour Milk | Nuruddin Farah | 1979 | 1 |
Stated reasons
- Political content
- 2
By decade
1970s2
1980s1
Documented bans
All 3 recorded events, most severe and most recent first.
Source: Verboten, built on the banned-books.org Open Censorship Core (CC BY 4.0). Verboten compilation CC BY 4.0.