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Improvised Adolescence

Improvised Adolescence

Sandra Grady

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Explores how teens from southern Somalia, who spent much of their childhood in East African refugee camps, are adapting to resettlement in the American Midwest, negotiating two sets of cultural expectations, those of the resettled Somali Bantu community and those of the surrounding US culture.

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OL Work ID
OL23202351W

Subjects

SomalisCultural assimilationSocial life and customsBantu-speaking peoplesSomali American teenagersRefugeesTeenage refugeesAfrican american youthRefugees, africaRefugees, united states

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