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Born in the big rains : a memoir of Somalia and survival
Geboren im grossen Regen. English
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A young Somali female, Fadumo Korn, offers a first-hand account of female genital mutilation (FGM) at age seven. She grows up to become a courageous activist who fights against this practice while ...
A young Somali female, Fadumo Korn, offers a first-hand account of female genital mutilation (FGM) at age seven. She grows up to become a courageous activist who fights against this practice while acknowledging that many young African women view it as a passage rite to female adulthood.
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- by Fadumo Korn with Sabine Eichhorst ; translated from the German and with an afterword by Tobe Levin
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- English
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- New York : Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2006
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- 190 pages ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781558615786, 1558615784
- OCLC
- ocn182529105
- Includes "Reading Group Guide" (p. 187-190).
- "Originally published under the title Geboren im grossen Regen, c2004 by Rowohlt Verlag"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-183).
- Nomadic life -- In Mogadishu -- In Germany -- Epilogue