Football the universal language as Somali Australian youth visit their homeland

Somali-Australian youth on the beach in Somalia

Somali-Australian youth on the beach in Somalia Source: SBS

A group of young Somali-Australian men has travelled back to their homeland for a unique football tournament aimed at enhancing their cultural understanding of the land their parents fled.


It's part of a greater bid by community leaders to encourage social cohesion and self-awareness among young Australian men of African descent.


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