Harding, Andrew.

Summary: "In The Mayor of Mogadishu, one of the BBC's most experienced foreign correspondents, Andrew Harding, reveals the tumultuous life of Mohamoud 'Tarzan' Nur--an impoverished nomad who was abandoned in a state orphanage in newly independent Somalia, and became a street brawler and activist. When the country collapsed into civil war and anarchy, Tarzan and his young family became part of an exodus,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2016

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B NUR HARDING

Iftin, Abdi Nor

Summary: Adapted from the adult memoir, an intimate portrait of modern immigration describes how the author's family was forced by war to leave their home in Somalia before he received an opportunity to win the annual U.S. visa lottery.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ember 2021

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 IFT

Salh, Shugri Said

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"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SALH, SHUGRI SAID SAL

Contents: Daraadaa muxibo (Dur-Dur Band) -- Hab isii (Omar Shooli) -- Check up your head (Mukhtar R. Iidi) -- Geesiyada Halgamayow (Bakaka Band) -- Waakaa Helaa (F. Qassim & Shareero) -- Sirmaqabe (Iftin Band) -- Baayo (Mukhtar Ramadan Iidi) -- Hoobeya (Shimaali & Killer) -- Shaleedayaa ; Ladaney (Dur-Dur Band) --Godonimada jira (Bakaka Band) -- Ii ooy aniga (Iftin Band).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN MOG

Summary: Based on a true story: as civil war rages in Mogadishu, rival North and South Korean diplomats are left trapped. With no aid from either government, their only shot at survival may require uniting with bitter adversaries to escape.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ESC