by Aman, Janice Boddy, Virginia Lee Barnes · Bloomsbury Paperbacks · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780747520221
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«Aman: Story of a Somali Girl» is the autobiographical account by Aman, Janice Boddy and Virginia Lee Barnes, published by Bloomsbury Paperbacks in paperback.
Aman narrates in the first person her transition to adulthood in Somalia, daughter of tribal leaders. The account addresses the role of women in a patriarchal society, traditions such as circumcision and marriage imposed at thirteen, and her flight to the city, where she discovers a world of white men, parties and young runaways.
The 1995 Bloomsbury Paperbacks edition comprises 368 pages in English; ISBN 9780747520221.
Recommended for readers interested in memoirs, Somali history and gender studies.
Amman is the capital and the largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of five million as of 2024, Amman is Jordan's primate city and is the largest city in the Levant region, the seventh-largest city in the Arab world, and the eighth-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East.
