Aman: The Story of a Somali Girl

Aman: The Story of a Somali Girl

This is the extraordinary first-person account of a young woman's coming of age in Somalia and her struggles against the obligations and strictures of family and society.Â Â By the time she is nine, Aman has undergone a ritual circumcision ceremony; at eleven, her innocent romance with a white boy leads to a murder; at thirteen she is given away in an arranged marriage to a stranger.Â Â Aman eventually runs away to Mogadishu, where her beauty and rebellious spirit leads her to the decadent demimonde of white colonialists.Â Â Hers is a world in which women are both chattel and freewheeling entrepreneurs, subject to the caprices of male relatives, yet keenly aware of the loopholes that lead to freedom.Â Â Aman is an astonishing history, opening a window onto traditional Somali life and the universal quest for female self-awareness.Â Â
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber unknown
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 1995-08-29
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780679762096

Country	USA
Brand	Vintage
Manufacturer	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	unknown
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	1995-08-29
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780679762096

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