Somali Skyline Tower Oral History Project: Interview with Sumaya Yusuf and Bibi Abdalla

Titles: Somali Skyline Tower Oral History Project: Interview with Sumaya Yusuf and Bibi Abdalla (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Sumaya Yusuf and Bibi Abdalla have both worked with the Minnesota Historical Society by conducting interviews for the Somali Skyline Tower Oral History Project. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Respect for parents and elders; how Somalis in the United States are losing their culture; uniqueness in Somali culture; the importance of poetry and songs; trying to maintain Somali language and traditions; Somali culture relating to African-American culture; Somalis and Americanization.

Dates

• 06/2004 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Wilhide, Anduin
• interviewee: Abdalla, Bibi
• interviewee: Yusuf, Sumaya
• interviewer: Abdibudul, Hodan

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 123
• Accession Number: AV2008.101.6

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: .25 hour sound disc 6 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 00:13:06 running time

Subjects

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