| Description |
xiii, 349 pages : map ; 20 cm |
| Summary |
Aman is the intimate first-person account of a young woman's coming-of-age in Somalia. THe daughter of tribal leaders, Aman recounts her dramatic life with stark simplicity and winning candour an innocent childhood romance with a white boy that leads to murder; her circumcision 'ceremony'; an unwanted marriage at the age of thirteen; and her daring escape to the city where her beauty and curiosity lead her into a world of white men, parties and runaway girls. -- Book jacket |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 345-349 |
| Notes |
A copy of this title was donated by Professor Ron Klein |
| Subject |
Aman.
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Women -- Somalia -- Biography.
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Women -- Somalia -- Social conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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| Author |
Barnes, Virginia Lee.
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Boddy, Janice Patricia.
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| ISBN |
0747520224 |
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