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2018 The omS ali Cultural Integration Through in Minneapolis Cleo Knickerbocker Augsburg University

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Recommended Citation Knickerbocker, Cleo, "The omS ali Cultural Integration Through Music in Minneapolis" (2018). Zyzzogeton Posters. 11. https://idun.augsburg.edu/zyzzogeton/11

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CLEO KNICKERBOCKER, MERILEE KLEMP, PH.D, AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY, MINNEAPOLIS, MN

I N T R O D U C T I O N S O O M A A L I D A M I N N E S O T A I built a website to be a space that teaches and M U Y U U S I G O O D A promotes and culture. It also brings together the events and experiences that happen inside of the Minneapolis-Minnesota community. Website-kani waa mid bara, lagana barto Minneapolis is home to the largest Somali diaspora xoojinta muyuusiga iyo in the world outside of , and we want to dhaqankaSoomaalida. Waxa kale oo explore and learn from this beautiful and deeply kulminaa xaflafadaha iyo aqoonta taalla rich community. This site shares stories, , and events that enrich the Minneapolis community Minnesota gudeeheeda. Minnesota waxaa and are accessible to those who want to learn and joogta tirade ugu badan Soomaalida ku experience Somali culture. noo Maraykan. Waxaan rabnaa inaan wax P R O C E S S ka barano dhaqankan quruxda badan, ee qaniga ah iyo dadkiisaba. Rugtani waa meel la isku waydaarsado sheekooyin, eeso I spent the summer months of 2017 meeting with Somali community members talking about iyo xafladaha ka dhaca Minnsota, taasi oo the history and the way that music helps fursad siinaysa wixii raba inay wax bridge areas that language cannot. I wanted korodhsadaan ama dhaayahooda culaan. to make sure that the website reflected material from the Somali American perspective and not through my lens. I organized content that was collected through interviews, music making experiences and my own research and then created the current website. Throughout the research period, I performed 3 concerts at the Cedar Cultural Center featuring the Somali vocalist Rhama Rose, and percussionist Harbi.