Somalis in Maine Crossing Cultural Currents

Name: Somalis in Maine Crossing Cultural Currents
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ISBN: 9781556439261

ISBN-10: 1556439261

ISBN-13: 9781556439261

Edition: 2011

Authors: Kimberly A. Huisman, Mazie Hough, Kristin M. Langellier, Carol Nordstrom Toner, Ahmend I. Samatar

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List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Publication date: 6/7/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Preface


Chronology of Events in Somali History and the Diaspora



"The Water in Maine Is Sweet": Contexts of Cultural Contact


How We Left Mogadishu




Why Now? A Brief History of Somalia, Mazie Hough


Moving Past




Why Maine? Secondary Migration Decisions of Somalis in Maine



I'veNever Seen Africa




A Work in Progress: Lewiston Responds to the Rapid Migration of Somali Refugees



Kidnapped




"We Are Not Under the Tree": Somali Communities in Transition


My First Glimpse




Fragmented and Collaborative Leadership in a Changing Somali Community



Zest




Dadaab Dreams



The Journey to Who I Am




Challenges and Support for Somali Students in Higher Education



A Bullet and a Snake, but I Kept Pushing




"Wherever I Go I Know Who I Am": Cultural Interactions


It's Difficult to Be Me




Caaliya's Storytelling



Nothing to Cry About




L.L. Bean, Community Gardens, and Biil: Somalis


Working in Maine, Mazie Hough and Carol Nordstrom Toner Being a Muslim




"Anything to Help": Cultural Collaborations


The Courage to Ask




Collaborating with the Community



That Day, Sadia



Engaged Learning: Somali Student Initiatives



What I Didn't Know Before




Readers Theater as Public Pedagogy, Kimberly A. Huisman


Memories




"Don't You Know? I'm Somali!": Somali Voices from Maine


Somalia Before the Civil War


The Civil War


Refugee Camps and Other Transitions


Coming to the United States


Finding Refuge in Maine


Family and Cultural Traditions


Religious and Ethnic Identity


Gender Identity


Racial Identity


Clan Identity


Meanings of Home


Afterword: Escape from Hellï¿½What Now?




Mayor Raymond's Letter to the Somali Community



Letter from Somali Elders



The Many and One Coalition


Notes


Bibliography


List of Contributors


Permissions


Index