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Every Step A Novel: Historical Circumstances And Somali American Identity, Haden Griggs
Every Step A Novel: Historical Circumstances And Somali American Identity, Haden Griggs
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
This project is designed to help high school students learn about the experiences, history and identity of Somali men who came to Utah as refugees. It is organized around the oral histories of eight Somali men who live in the Salt Lake City area. They were collected by Haden Griggs in the latter half of 2019. Transcripts and audio recordings for all the interviews are available here.
A paper, analyzing the historical circumstances and variations on Somali identity, is included here for scholarly or instructor use. This project also includes a digital exhibit tracing recent Somali history and contextualizing the …