Tues with a Scholar: Somalis in MN: Past and Present
They arrived initially as refugees from a civil war raging in their Sub-Saharan African homeland. Thirty years later, Minnesota is home to the largest concentration of Somali-Americans in the nation, including Ilhan Omar, the nation's first Congress member of Somali background. Join University of Minnesota doctoral candidate Ibrahim Hirsi as he talks about the events and consequences of this remarkable American journey.
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Increased awareness of an important era of Minnesota history; enhanced recognition of the library as a cultural center for the community.
They arrived initially as refugees from a civil war raging in their Sub-Saharan African homeland. Thirty years later, Minnesota is home to the largest concentration of Somali-Americans in the nation, including Ilhan Omar, the nation's first Congress member of Somali background. Patrons joined University of Minnesota doctoral candidate Ibrahim Hirsi as he talked about the events and consequences of this remarkable American journey.
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