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Somali-Americans in Minnesota: Primary Sources: Archives & Records

Oral Histories

Oral History Interviews of the Somali Skyline Tower Oral History Project, 2004.
The interviews in this collection come from the Somali Skyline Tower Oral History Project. In 2004, fifteen young Somali women from St. Paul public schools joined together to create two films about what it is like to be Somali in Minnesota. These interviews are among those conducted for the project.
MNHS call number:  Digital Finding Aid 

Our Gathering Places Oral History Project: Interview with Aden Amin Awil and Family.
Aden Amin Awil and his family were Somali refugees who moved to Minnesota in the mid-1990s. Also interviewed were his wife, Safia Abdullahi, and children, Mohamed Amin, Mahamoud Amin, Ahmed Amin, Mona Amin, Filsan Amin and Amin Amin.
MNHS call number: Digital Audio and Transcripts

Somali Oral History Project, by Carey Barcus and Ellen J. Kennedy.
Saint Paul, Minn. : s.n., 2000].
MNHS call number: F615.S67 S65 2000

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