Contemporary Somali art is best viewed during a little stroll through town. All over the place are colorful displays of food and services. Quite often, these displays are not only demonstrating the creativity of Somali artist, but also their incredible ability to copy well known global brands (and notes...) and transform them yet into a unique piece of art. Somali street art is accessible to everybody, diverse, entertaining, you name it. Unfortunately, it is also an expression for the high illiteracy rates which are still prevailing and affecting over 75% of the adults in Somaliland. Although the disappearance of these original displays would definitely be a loss for Hargeisa, I still wish that one day, they will not be there as a symbol for illiteracy, but -if at all- simply as an expression of art ... 
