In 2024, we extended our arms to storytelling and research. There was a need to reach out to more African journalists examining the patterns of visa inequality, the commingling of natural disasters and infrastructural neglect, and the current dilemmas of misinformation and disinformation.

For many African students abroad, black tax is not just a financial obligation—it is a quiet battle against exhaustion, guilt, and the ever-present fear of failure. The burden of being the family's economic backbone while juggling academic expectations.

Over time, Somali Sideways has developed into a multidimensional project that has also seen other publications, such as Somali Sideways: Photobook in Changing Perceptions of the Somalis and Somali Sideways: Women Stories, highlighting the vital roles women in Somali communities play.