Call Me American: A Memoir by Abdi Nor IftinMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Really interesting and educational memoir. Abdi is a likable, trustworthy narrator, and his story widened my understanding of decades of Somalian conflict and the experiences of American refugees and immigrants. I haven't yet listened to the This American Life that sparked the buzz around Abdi Nor Iftin, but I will. It will be interesting to compare the way producers tell his story to how he tells it himself.
Perhaps most notably, Abdi's take on the election of 2016 is a powerful reminder that no matter how great my own fear of authoritarian leadership, the real victims of the the rich asshole administration will be Americans who are not white.
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