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Author Abdullahi, Warda Mohamed.

Title Warda : my journey from the Horn of Africa to a college education / Warda Mohamed Abdullahi.

Publication Info. My journey from the Horn of Africa to a college education
Saint Paul, MN : Beaver's Pond Press, [2020]
2021

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  818.08 Ab32Ba 2020    ---  Available
Description 256 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Summary "Set in the rugged shrublands of rural Ethiopia, the contentious neighborhoods of South Africa, and the icy streets of Michigan, Wardais the story of a fierce young woman on a tireless quest to become the first member of her family to go to college. Born in Saudi Arabia to undocumented, ethnic Somali parents living hundreds of miles from their ancestral homeland, Warda Mohamed Abdullahi loses her mother in a horrific accident as a baby and must live apart from her father until she's eleven years old. As she grows up, she faces tragedy and triumph, from staring down a wild leopard to protect her family's sheep and goats, to carefully crossing borders and evading immigration officials across Africa, and traveling with her family to America to begin life anew. Wardais a powerful memoir that will help readers understand the inequities and injustices embedded in a global system that determines who is allowed to move freely and live where they choose. It is the story of a father's relentless quest to give his eldest daughter the opportunities he never had and a daughter's perseverance, determination, and steadfast refusal to let go of a dream" -- Description from publisher.
Subject Abdullahi, Warda Mohamed -- Biography.
Somali Americans -- Biography.
Immigrants -- Biography.
Fathers and daughters -- Biography.
Fathers and daughters. (OCoLC)fst00921890
Immigrants. (OCoLC)fst00967712
Somali Americans. (OCoLC)fst01125701
Genre/Form Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Autobiographies.
ISBN 1643439197
9781643439198

 
    
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