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African American authors African Americans Social conditions Authors, Black Farah, Boyah J Racism United States Somali Americans Social conditions Somali Americans United States Biography Somalis United States Biography Somalis United States Social conditions United States Race relationsBryan, Sarah.
Contents: Disc 1: I'll Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms / Buster Carter and Preston Young -- Mary Don't You Weep / Georgia Yellow Hammers -- Jake Leg Rag / Narmour & Smith -- Church Bells / Prince Moore -- Callahan Rag / Roane County Ramblers -- Engineer Joe / Banjo Joe -- I Want To Go Where Jesus Is / Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Quartet -- I Wish I Were a Mole In the Ground / Amos Baker -- When Summer...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Dust to Digital 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK LEAFarah, Boyah J.
Summary: A searing memoir of American racism from a Somalian-American who survived hardships in his birth country only to experience firsthand the dehumanization of Blacks in his adopted land, the United States."No one told me about America." Born in Somalia and raised in a valley among nomads, Boyah Farah grew up with a code of male bravado that helped him survive deprivation, disease, and civil war....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022