Stories of New Americans Podcast with Ron Klutho on NewsTalkSTL

Ep. #47 Somalia with Warsame Warsame: Triumph through Adversity


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Ron Klutho talks to Warsame Warsame about Somalia.


MUSIC: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nashiido Hooyo Macaan by Ilyas Mao


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0:00 SEG 1 - When did Somalia become independent | There is still a big Italian influence | President Mohamed Siad Barre | President Mohamed Farrah Aidid | Being born in Mogadishu | Leaving for Kenya when he was 5 | Losing his parents in a missile attack


16:40 SEG 2 - Winding up in a refugee camp | Coming to St. Louis in 1993 | Learning how to walk after being injured in a bombing | His aunt was already living in St. Louis | Taking ESL classes | Being weirded out by snow | Attending university | Being shot | Becoming paralyzed


33:00 SEG 3 - Somali Bantus | Are there relatives in Somalia? | How is life in Somalia today? | Would he ever go back to Somalia? | How big is the Somalie community in St. Louis? | Typical Somali foods always have bananas on the side | Muufo bread | What are the best and worst things about living in America? | Always stand for justice

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