Author: Ayaan Adan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781681341835
Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Somali women tell their stories, sharing experiences of love, war, displacement, family, identity, and everyday life. In their own words, these are stories of mothers and daughters, teachers and social workers, scientists and medical professionals, lawyers and politicians--all Somali women who have made their marks on Minnesota. --
Daughters of Arraweelo
Author: Ayaan Adan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781681341835
Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Somali women tell their stories, sharing experiences of love, war, displacement, family, identity, and everyday life. In their own words, these are stories of mothers and daughters, teachers and social workers, scientists and medical professionals, lawyers and politicians--all Somali women who have made their marks on Minnesota. --
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781681341835
Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Somali women tell their stories, sharing experiences of love, war, displacement, family, identity, and everyday life. In their own words, these are stories of mothers and daughters, teachers and social workers, scientists and medical professionals, lawyers and politicians--all Somali women who have made their marks on Minnesota. --
Folktales from Somalia
Author: Ahmed Artan Hanghe
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute
ISBN: 9789171063779
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
A pioneering work in the documentation of the Somali treasure of folktales. The book contains a selection of folktales in Somali with translations into English. This publication is a valuable contribution to our knowledge of oral traditions and folklore in the Horn of Africa.
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute
ISBN: 9789171063779
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
A pioneering work in the documentation of the Somali treasure of folktales. The book contains a selection of folktales in Somali with translations into English. This publication is a valuable contribution to our knowledge of oral traditions and folklore in the Horn of Africa.
Daughters of Arraweelo
Author: Ayaan Dahir
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781681341828
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
In this remarkable collection, fourteen Somali women tell their stories, sharing experiences of love, war, displacement, family, identity, and everyday life. After civil war broke out in Somalia in 1991, thousands fled and sought asylum all over the world. Many Somali women carried the responsibility for finding safe passage and new homes for their families in the wake of the war.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781681341828
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
In this remarkable collection, fourteen Somali women tell their stories, sharing experiences of love, war, displacement, family, identity, and everyday life. After civil war broke out in Somalia in 1991, thousands fled and sought asylum all over the world. Many Somali women carried the responsibility for finding safe passage and new homes for their families in the wake of the war.
The Invention of Somalia
Author: Ali Jimale Ahmed
Publisher: The Red Sea Press
ISBN: 9780932415998
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This study analyses the basic assumptions which,had informed the construction of the now,discredited Somali myth.,.
Publisher: The Red Sea Press
ISBN: 9780932415998
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This study analyses the basic assumptions which,had informed the construction of the now,discredited Somali myth.,.
An Anthology of Somali Poetry
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Somali poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Somalia has been called 'a nation of poets.' This volume presents the most universal of Somali poetry in English translation.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Somali poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Somalia has been called 'a nation of poets.' This volume presents the most universal of Somali poetry in English translation.
Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify
Author: Carolyn Holbrook
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452961190
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
The compassionate and redemptive story of a prominent Black woman in the Twin Cities literary community Carolyn Holbrook’s life is peopled with ghosts—of the girl she was, the selves she shed and those who have caught up to her, the wounded and kind and malevolent spirits she’s encountered, and also the beloved souls she’s lost and those she never knew who beg to have their stories told. “Now don’t you go stirring things up,” one ghostly aunt counsels. Another smiles encouragingly: “Don’t hold back, child. Someone out there needs to hear what you have to say.” Once a pregnant sixteen-year-old incarcerated in the Minnesota juvenile justice system, now a celebrated writer, arts activist, and teacher who helps others unlock their creative power, Holbrook has heeded the call to tell the story of her life, and to find among its chapters—the horrific and the holy, the wild and the charmed—the lessons and necessary truths of those who have come before. In a memoir woven of moments of reckoning, she summons stories born of silence, stories held inside, untold stories stifled by pain or prejudice or ignorance. A child’s trauma recalls her own. An abusive marriage returns to haunt her family. She builds a career while raising five children as a single mother; she struggles with depression and grapples with crises immediate and historical, all while countenancing the subtle racism lurking under “Minnesota nice.” Here Holbrook poignantly traces the path from her troubled childhood to her leadership positions in the Twin Cities literary community, showing how creative writing can be a powerful tool for challenging racism and the healing ways of the storyteller’s art.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452961190
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
The compassionate and redemptive story of a prominent Black woman in the Twin Cities literary community Carolyn Holbrook’s life is peopled with ghosts—of the girl she was, the selves she shed and those who have caught up to her, the wounded and kind and malevolent spirits she’s encountered, and also the beloved souls she’s lost and those she never knew who beg to have their stories told. “Now don’t you go stirring things up,” one ghostly aunt counsels. Another smiles encouragingly: “Don’t hold back, child. Someone out there needs to hear what you have to say.” Once a pregnant sixteen-year-old incarcerated in the Minnesota juvenile justice system, now a celebrated writer, arts activist, and teacher who helps others unlock their creative power, Holbrook has heeded the call to tell the story of her life, and to find among its chapters—the horrific and the holy, the wild and the charmed—the lessons and necessary truths of those who have come before. In a memoir woven of moments of reckoning, she summons stories born of silence, stories held inside, untold stories stifled by pain or prejudice or ignorance. A child’s trauma recalls her own. An abusive marriage returns to haunt her family. She builds a career while raising five children as a single mother; she struggles with depression and grapples with crises immediate and historical, all while countenancing the subtle racism lurking under “Minnesota nice.” Here Holbrook poignantly traces the path from her troubled childhood to her leadership positions in the Twin Cities literary community, showing how creative writing can be a powerful tool for challenging racism and the healing ways of the storyteller’s art.
Daring Darleen, Queen of the Screen
Author: Anne Nesbet
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536211753
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
When a publicity stunt goes terribly wrong, twelve-year-old Darleen Darling, star of the silent film era, must defeat villains both on screen and off in this edge-of-your-seat adventure. Lights! Camera! Kidnapping? It’s 1914, and Darleen Darling’s film adventures collide with reality when a fake kidnapping set up by her studio becomes all too real. Suddenly Darleen finds herself in the hands of dastardly criminals who have just nabbed Miss Victorine Berryman, the poor-little-rich-girl heiress of one of America’s largest fortunes. Soon real life starts to seem like a bona fide adventure serial, complete with dramatic escapes, murderous plots, and a runaway air balloon. Will Darleen and Victorine be able to engineer their own happily-ever-after, or will the villains be victorious?
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536211753
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
When a publicity stunt goes terribly wrong, twelve-year-old Darleen Darling, star of the silent film era, must defeat villains both on screen and off in this edge-of-your-seat adventure. Lights! Camera! Kidnapping? It’s 1914, and Darleen Darling’s film adventures collide with reality when a fake kidnapping set up by her studio becomes all too real. Suddenly Darleen finds herself in the hands of dastardly criminals who have just nabbed Miss Victorine Berryman, the poor-little-rich-girl heiress of one of America’s largest fortunes. Soon real life starts to seem like a bona fide adventure serial, complete with dramatic escapes, murderous plots, and a runaway air balloon. Will Darleen and Victorine be able to engineer their own happily-ever-after, or will the villains be victorious?
Incognegro: A Graphic Mystery (New Edition)
Author: Mat Johnson
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1506705642
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
This tenth anniversary edition of the acclaimed and fearless graphic novel features enhanced toned art, an afterword by Mat Johnson, character sketches, and other additional material. In the early 20th Century, when lynchings were commonplace throughout the American South, a few courageous reporters from the North risked their lives to expose these atrocities. They were African-American men who, due to their light skin color, could "pass" among the white folks. They called this dangerous assignment going "incognegro." Zane Pinchback, a reporter for the New York-based New Holland Herald, is sent to investigate the arrest of his own brother, charged with the brutal murder of a white woman in Mississippi. With a lynch mob already swarming, Zane must stay "incognegro" long enough to uncover the truth behind the murder in order to save his brother -- and himself. Suspenseful, unsettling and relevant, Incognegro is a tense graphic novel of shifting identities, forbidden passions, and secrets that run far deeper than skin color.
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1506705642
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
This tenth anniversary edition of the acclaimed and fearless graphic novel features enhanced toned art, an afterword by Mat Johnson, character sketches, and other additional material. In the early 20th Century, when lynchings were commonplace throughout the American South, a few courageous reporters from the North risked their lives to expose these atrocities. They were African-American men who, due to their light skin color, could "pass" among the white folks. They called this dangerous assignment going "incognegro." Zane Pinchback, a reporter for the New York-based New Holland Herald, is sent to investigate the arrest of his own brother, charged with the brutal murder of a white woman in Mississippi. With a lynch mob already swarming, Zane must stay "incognegro" long enough to uncover the truth behind the murder in order to save his brother -- and himself. Suspenseful, unsettling and relevant, Incognegro is a tense graphic novel of shifting identities, forbidden passions, and secrets that run far deeper than skin color.
The Somali Queen
Author: Farah Mohamed
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780972661553
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Once upon a time, in Somalia, there was a kingdom ruled by a strong and beautiful queen. The Queen's name was Ebla Awad, but everybody knew her "Queen Arraweelo." The Queen came to power around AD 15 after a long war between Somali clans.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780972661553
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Once upon a time, in Somalia, there was a kingdom ruled by a strong and beautiful queen. The Queen's name was Ebla Awad, but everybody knew her "Queen Arraweelo." The Queen came to power around AD 15 after a long war between Somali clans.
Beauty Queen
Author: Sarah Mlynowski
Publisher: Scholastic Canada
ISBN: 0545746574
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Abby's first problem is that Jonah has lost all his memories of the magic mirror and their adventures, so when they get sucked through into Beauty and the Beast, he is unaware of the danger, and picks one of the Beast's roses--her second problem is locating Beauty and performing a match-making miracle in order to recover her brother, and still make it back to the real world before their parents miss them.
Publisher: Scholastic Canada
ISBN: 0545746574
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Abby's first problem is that Jonah has lost all his memories of the magic mirror and their adventures, so when they get sucked through into Beauty and the Beast, he is unaware of the danger, and picks one of the Beast's roses--her second problem is locating Beauty and performing a match-making miracle in order to recover her brother, and still make it back to the real world before their parents miss them.