When a wise Somali leader asks the men in his province to bring him the part of a sheep that best symbolizes "what can divide men or unite them as one," most present him with prime cuts of meat. But one very poor man's daughter has a different idea.
In 2006, the Minnesota Humanities Center in collaboration with the Minnesota Somali community launched the Somali Bilingual Book Project. Watch as Somali folktales are transformed into visual experiences as the books are read aloud accompanied by the original artwork. Books are read in English as well as Somali.
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