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Author:
Salh, Shugri Said, 1975- author.
Title:
The last nomad : coming of age in the Somali Desert, a memoir / Shugri Said Salh.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
296 pages ; 22 cm
Subject:
Salh, Shugri Said,--1975---Childhood and youth.
Nomads--Somalia--Biography.
Mogadishu (Somalia)--Biography.
Somalia--Emigration and immigration.
Refugees--Mogadishu--Mogadishu--Biography.
Autobiographies.
Contents:
Nomads -- Galkayo -- Ageless Desert Flower -- Carrying Out Tradition -- Orphanage -- The Outside World -- Beautiful Mogadishu -- Journey -- Goodbye, Mogadishu -- Garissa -- Nairobi -- The Promised Land.
Summary:
"A fresh, captivating memoir about an indomitable woman's journey from her idyllic childhood with her nomadic grandmother in the deserts of Somalia to her escape from her country's brutal civil war and eventually to America"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1643750674
9781643750675
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1236898368
LCCN:
2021000501
Locations:
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
VXPE964 -- Decorah Public Library (Decorah)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)
CIPB482 -- Victor Public Library (Victor)

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