Aman: The Story of a Somali Girl by Virginia Lee Barnes

Aman: The Story of a Somali Girl

Virginia Lee Barnes

368 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction biography challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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This is the extraordinary first-person account of a young woman's coming of age in Somalia and her struggles against the obligations and strictures of family and society. By the time she is nine, Aman has undergone a ritual circumcision ceremony; ...

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