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Winner of the 2022 GoldĀ NautilusĀ Award, Multicultural & Indigenous Category
Born in Somalia, a spare daughter in a largeĀ family, Shugri Said Salh was sent at age sixĀ to live with her nomadic grandmother in the desert. The last of her family to learn this once-commonĀ way of life, Salh found herself chasing warthogs,Ā climbing termite hills, herding goats, and movingĀ constantly in search of water and grazing lands withĀ her nomadic family. For Salh, though the desert wasĀ a harsh place threatened by drought, predators, andĀ enemy clans, it also held beauty, innovation, centuriesĀ of tradition, and a way for a young Sufi girl to learnĀ courage and independence from a fearless group ofĀ relatives. Salh grew to love the freedom of roamingĀ with her animals and the powerful feeling of communityĀ found in nomadic rituals and the oral storytellingĀ of her ancestors.
As she came of age, though, both she and herĀ beloved Somalia were forced to confront change,Ā violence, and instability. Salh writes with engagingĀ frankness and a fierce feminism of trying to breakĀ free of the patriarchal beliefs of her culture, of herĀ forced female genital mutilation, of the loss of herĀ mother, and of her growing need for independence.Ā Taken from the desert by her strict fatherĀ and then displaced along with millions of others byĀ the Somali Civil War, Salh fled first to a refugee campĀ on the Kenyan border and ultimately to North AmericaĀ to learn yet another way of life.
Readers will fall in love with Salh on the page asĀ she tells her inspiring story about leaving Africa,Ā learning English, finding love, and embracing a newĀ horizon for herself and her family. Honest and tender,Ā The Last Nomad is a riveting coming-of-age storyĀ of resilience, survival, and the shifting definitionsĀ of home.
This book title, The Last Nomad (Coming of Age in the Somali Desert) - 9781643752563, ISBN: 9781643752563, by Shugri Said Salh, published by Algonquin Books (July 19, 2022) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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