Somali Skyline Tower Oral History Project: Interview with Maryan Del

Titles: Somali Skyline Tower Oral History Project: Interview with Maryan Del (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Maryan Del came to the United States from Somalia in 1992. Del lived in Virginia before moving to Minnesota and currently works for the Confederation for the Somali Community. She is head of the Somali Girls Power program. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Growing up in Somalia; first impressions of the United States; expectations when moving to Minnesota; Somali communities in Minnesota; being separated from her family; attending college; exposure to different cultures; adopting part of American culture; important aspects of Somali culture; maintaining Somali/Islamic culture; ways Somalis are losing their culture; opportunities for Somali teens; hardships facing Somali teens; negative aspects of American culture; working with Somali teens.

Dates

• 06/21/2004 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Wilhide, Anduin
• interviewee: Del, Maryan
• interviewer: Yusuf, Sumaya

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 123
• Accession Number: AV2008.101.2

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Somali Skyline Tower Oral History Project' <OH 123>

Quantity: .5 hour sound disc 13 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 00:33:12 running time

Subjects

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