Aman - The Story of a Somali Girl (Paperback, 1st Vintage Books Ed)

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; at eleven, her innocent romance with a white boy leads to a murder; at thirteen she is given away in an arranged marriage to a stranger. Aman eventually runs away to Mogadishu, where her beauty and rebellious spirit leads her to the decadent demimonde of white colonialists. Hers is a world in which women are both chattel and freewheeling entrepreneurs, subject to the caprices of male relatives, yet keenly aware of the loopholes that lead to freedom. Aman is an astonishing history, opening a window onto traditional Somali life and the universal quest for female self-awareness.

General

Imprint:	Vintage Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 1995
First published:	August 1995
As told to:	Virginia Lee Barnes • Janice Boddy
Dimensions:	201 x 131 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	368
Edition:	1st Vintage Books Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-679-76209-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	0-679-76209-4
Barcode:	9780679762096

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