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Layla, Layla, Tsos Oct 2017

Layla, Layla, Tsos

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Layla left Ethiopia 10 years ago to look for work opportunities. She left behind a father and three brothers. She went to Syria on a three-year work contract. She worked in a house and learned Arabic. She then went to Turkey by boat and then went on to Greece for 5 years. She worked and learned the Greek language. When she became pregnant she had to stop working. She travelled to Serbia to Macedonia to Austria all on foot. Then the Red Cross moved Layla and her daughter to Giessen, Germany where a roommate periodically beat her baby. Seeking safety …


Idiris, Idiris, Tsos Jan 2016

Idiris, Idiris, Tsos

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Idiris is an 18-year-old Somalian refugee now living inUtah. He describes his life, mentioning that he only lived in Somalia for six years then moved to Ethiopia, where he stayed for seven and a half years.His life inEthiopia was peaceful and happy in comparison to Somalia, where Idiris and his family witnessed continuous violence. Idiris’s father eventually learned of the opportunities and education available in America and decided to move his family there for a better life, leaving behind family and friends. Coming to America, Idiris and his family did not know what their new home would be like. They …


African Agenda, April & May 1977, African American Solidarity Committee Apr 1977

African Agenda, April & May 1977, African American Solidarity Committee

African Agenda

The Vol 6, No 2 issue of the African Agenda newsletter was published by the African American Solidarity Committee. Articles: American Steel Workers Against Apartheid, Sorry for the Inconvenience, Problems of the Ethiopian Revolution, President Mengistu Haile Mariam, Castro's African Tour a Success, A People's Democracy in Mozambique, A Special Book Offer Moses Kotane. 8 pages.


African Agenda, October & November 1974, African American Solidarity Committee Oct 1974

African Agenda, October & November 1974, African American Solidarity Committee

African Agenda

The Vol 3, No 6 issue of the African Agenda newsletter was published by the African American Solidarity Committee. Articles: Seven Months of Freedom in Portugual, Inflation is Kicking Our Ass, The Real Voice of South Africa- interview with Duma Nokwe, Ethiopia in Transition, Imagine Vorster Wearing An Afro, Frelimo's Answer To Black Power. 8 pages.