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Axmed Maxamed is a Queer Diasporic Somali activist, organizer and music nerd. Axmed was born in Xamar, Somalia where he spent his early years until his family had to flee during the civil war and ended up in the Netherlands. Axmed addresses systemic inequalities in Dutch society and in the underground dance music scene, which pave the way for harmful practices such as cultural appropriation and the white washing of Black music.