Tales of Mogadiscio

by Iris Kapil

Overview

Mogadiscio was not always the sprawling jerry-built urban landscape we see today. Until 1991, when the government fell and clan militias, in a civil war, reduced it to rubble, Mogadiscio was a lovely, vibrant city. Tales of Mogadiscio describes a time, during the 1960s, when Mogadiscio was the capital and center of a newly independent Somali Republic. The stories portray individuals and the city's various communities. Mogadiscio is observed and reflected upon by the author, who lived among its people and loved the city.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611530421
Publisher:	Light Messages Publishing
Publication date:	02/17/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	204
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

The diversity of cultures and societies has always fascinated IrisKapil. She observes the ways in which they differ, analyzesthe differences and fi nds that, for better or worse, underneaththe cultural differences people everywhere are essentially alikeand understandable.Iris grew up in Ohio and attended the Universityof Wisconsin-Madison, where she met and married aFulbright Scholar from India, received a B.A. (1953) andM.A. (1962) in anthropology, had two children and lateradopted another. Her M.B.A. (1975) was from NorthwesternUniversity. During the 1960s she did sociologicalresearch and taught at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee before moving on to thirty years of life abroad.With her family Iris has lived and worked in Somalia,Turkey, India, France and Indonesia.