Aman: The Story Of A Somali Girl - Softcover
A Somali woman shares her memories of coming of age in Somalia during the 1950s and 1960s, describing a painful circumcision ceremony, an arranged marriage to a brutal stranger, and her escape and life in the city, in a study of the role of women in tribal societies.
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"Beautifully eloquent...gripping and illuminating. It's an intimate, personal account...Even more compelling that the ups and downs of Aman's life is what she manages to unveil about her society, religion and culture."--Detroit Free Press
"Most impressive...A remarkable narrative, richly detailed. [Aman] tells her tale in a voice that belongs not to the present, but to her rebellious, resilient, courageous, ferociously determined self."--Washington Post Book World
"A rare feat: a glimpse of traditional and modern Africa from a female point of view."--Macleans
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"Most impressive...A remarkable narrative, richly detailed. [Aman] tells her tale in a voice that belongs not to the present, but to her rebellious, resilient, courageous, ferociously determined self."--Washington Post Book World
"A rare feat: a glimpse of traditional and modern Africa from a female point of view."--Macleans
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. 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. Aman eventually runs away to Mogadishu, where her beauty and rebellious spirit leads her to the decadent demimonde of white colonialists. 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. Aman is an astonishing history, opening a window onto traditional Somali life and the universal quest for female self-awareness.
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- PublisherRandom House of Canada, Limited
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0394280792
- ISBN 13 9780394280790
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages368
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Aman: The Story of a Somali Girl
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