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The Somali Diaspora: A Journey Away
Abdi Roble
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Description for The Somali Diaspora: A Journey Away
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 131 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; 1KBB; AJC; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 255 x 13. Weight in Grams: 836.
The heartbreaking and hopeful story of Somali immigrants in America
Since 2003, photographer Abdi Roble and writer Doug Rutledge have been documenting the lives of Somali immigrants in the United States and of the people forced into the vast refugee camps that were set up in Kenya in the wake of the 1991 civil war in Somalia. In The Somali Diaspora, Roble, who immigrated to the United States from Somalia in 1989, and Rutledge trace the journey of a family from the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, home to more than 150,000 Somalis, to new lives in the United States.
The ... Read more follows the family of Abdisalem, his wife Ijabo, and their three daughters as they struggle to survive in Dadaab before being relocated first to Anaheim, California, where they barely make ends meet, and then to Portland, Maine. In addition, the book portrays life in two of the largest Somali communities in the United States. Minneapolis is home to more than 80,000 Somalis, who have created an established community in which many of its members are educated professionals. The Somali community in Columbus, Ohio, while thriving, has not yet enjoyed as warm a reception from the larger community. The story of the Somali diaspora as told through Roble’s intimate photographs and Rutledge’s insightful essays is extraordinary and inspiring. Together they take readers from civil war in Africa to the culture shock of arriving in the United States, growing roots in the Somali community, learning English, finding work, and—in a remarkably short time—participating fully in American life while sustaining a faith in Islam and a distinct cultural identity. Show LessProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816654574
SKU
V9780816654574
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99-15
About Abdi Roble
Doug Rutledge is a poet, playwright, and independent scholar of the English language and literature. He regularly contributes to Hiiraan Online, Somali Link, and The African Voice—Ireland and is the writer for the Somali Documentary Project. He lives in Columbus, Ohio.
Reviews for The Somali Diaspora: A Journey Away
"The Somali Diaspora is remarkable in its ambition; it is a necessary book, very much worth reading and buying, and an important addition to the work done on the Somali presence in North America." —Nuruddin Farah, author of Knots and Maps "Having traveled many of the steps of the Somali diaspora, Abdi Roble always photographs what he knows and cares ... Read more