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Born in the Big Rains: A Memoir of Somalia and Survival

Fadumo Korn

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This powerful memoir portrays the life-altering transformation of a feisty nomad girl who undergoes genital excision. Crippled with rheumatism as a result of the cutting, Fadumo Korn, who once freely roamed the deserts of her native Somalia, is sent to live with a wealthy uncle, brother to the Somali president. She enters a world of luxury underpinned with political instability and cruelty, but receives an invaluable education. Korn eventually moves to Germany for therapy and recounts her life there—her marriage, the birth of her son, and her involvement in the movement to end genital cutting—with warm and inspiring humor.

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Pages:: 186 pages

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Publisher:: The Feminist Press at CUNY

Edition:: First Edition

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ISBN10:: 1558615318

ISBN13:: 9781558615311

kindle Asin:: B00B6U9D7Y

Born in the Big Rains: A Memoir of Somalia and Survival

Fadumo Korn

3.88/5 (237 ratings)

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This powerful memoir portrays the life-altering transformation of a feisty nomad girl who undergoes genital excision. Crippled with rheumatism as a result of the cutting, Fadumo Korn, who once freely roamed the deserts of her native Somalia, is sent to live with a wealthy uncle, brother to the Somali president. She enters a world of luxury underpinned with political instability and cruelty, but receives an invaluable education. Korn eventually moves to Germany for therapy and recounts her life there—her marriage, the birth of her son, and her involvement in the movement to end genital cutting—with warm and inspiring humor.

Format:

Pages:: 186 pages

Publication:

Publisher:: The Feminist Press at CUNY

Edition:: First Edition

Language:

ISBN10:: 1558615318

ISBN13:: 9781558615311

kindle Asin:: B00B6U9D7Y

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