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 thereher marriage, the birth of her son, and her involvement in the movement to end genital cuttingwith warm and inspiring humor.
Born in the Big Rains: A Memoir of Somalia and Survival (Women Writing Africa)
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Born in the Big Rains: A Memoir of Somalia and Survival (Women Writing Africa)
- UPC:
- 9781558615311
- Maximum Purchase:
- 2 units
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Publication Date:
- 2006-09-01
- Author:
- Fadumo Korn
- Language:
- english
- Edition:
- First Edition
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 thereher marriage, the birth of her son, and her involvement in the movement to end genital cuttingwith warm and inspiring humor.
