Somali Skyline Tower Oral History Project

Titles: Somali Skyline Tower Oral History Project (Supplied title)

Description: The interviews in this collection come from the Somali Skyline Tower Oral History Project, which was a two-year collaboration between the Minnesota Historical Society and Commonbound Communities, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services in Washington, D.C. In 2004, fifteen young Somali women from St. Paul Public Schools joined together to create two films about what it is like to be Somali in Minnesota, "Two Homes, One Dream: The Somalis in Minnesota" and "What's with the Hijab?". Both films explore a variety of topics about cultural identity and adjusting to life in America as Somali person. The filmmakers interviewed themselves, their peers, community activists, and elders in the Somali community to present a range of viewpoints. These interviews are among those conducted for the project.

Dates

• Not earlier than 06/01/2004 - Not later than 06/30/2004 (Creation)

Interviews

• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound disc: 'Somali Skyline Tower Oral History Project: Interview with Abdisalam Adam' <OH 123>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound disc: 'Somali Skyline Tower Oral History Project: Interview with Maryan Del' <OH 123>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound disc: 'Somali Skyline Tower Oral History Project: Interview with Hared Mah' <OH 123>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound disc: 'Somali Skyline Tower Oral History Project: Interview with Abdi Sheikh' <OH 123>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound disc: 'Somali Skyline Tower Oral History Project: Interview with Sumaya Yusuf and Bibi Abdalla' <OH 123>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound disc: 'Somali Skyline Tower Oral History Project: Interview with Mohamed Jama' <OH 123>

Creation

• interviewer: Wilhide, Anduin
• interviewer and interviewee: Abdalla, Bibi
• interviewee: Adam, Abdisalam
• interviewee: Del, Maryan
• interviewee: Jama, Mohamed M.
• interviewee: Mah, Hared
• interviewee: Sheikh, Abdi
• interviewer and interviewee: Yusuf, Sumaya
• interviewer: Abdibudul, Hodan

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 123
• Accession Number: AV2008.101

Holding Type: Oral History - Project

Quantity: 1 project 4.25 hours sound disc 85 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Subjects

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