Somali Skyline Tower Oral History Project: Interview with Mohamed Jama

Titles: Somali Skyline Tower Oral History Project: Interview with Mohamed Jama (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Mohamed Jama was born in Nairobi, Kenya but grew up in Somalia. Jama moved to Minnesota in 1992 with his immediate family and currently works as a teen outreach worker for the Street Works program. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Growing up in Somalia; traveling conditions when coming to the United States; first impressions of the United States; cultural differences; hearing stories about the United States from his father; expectations of Minnesota; life in Minnesota; the language barrier; lack of resettlement support networks in the early 1990s; gang issues in Minneapolis; positives of moving to the United States; working with AmeriCorps; the importance of the Brian Coyle Community Center; advice for future Somali immigrants; preserving Somali and Islamic culture; cultural importance of women; losing culture; negative aspects of the "hip-hop" culture; evolution of Somali music; obstacles and opportunities for Somali teens; Somali involvement in politics.

Dates

• 06/21/2004 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Wilhide, Anduin
• interviewee: Jama, Mohamed M.
• interviewer: Abdalla, Bibi

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 123
• Accession Number: AV2008.101.3

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 1 hour sound disc 22 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:01:56 running time

Subjects

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