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Resources in Somali

Here are some top picks of books, DVDs, and CDs showcasing the Somali language and culture!

Ramsey County Library

12 items

  • Music CDNew York, NY : Awesome Tapes From Africa, [2013] — CD 781.8 DUR:D
  • DVDNew York : Virgil Films, c2011. — DVD FIC DESE
  • From Somalia to Snow

    How Central Minnesota Became Home to Somalis

    Ibrahim, Hudda O.,
    At a time when United States citizens are being told to fear their Muslim neighbors, where does the truth lie? In this book, Hudda Ibrahim unpacks the immigration narrative of Somali Americans and explains why nearly 20 percent have chosen…
    BookEdina, MN : Beaver's Pond Press, [2017] — 977.600493 I14F
  • Sheekoy, Sheeko, Sheeko Xariira

    Four Somali Folktales Read in Somali and English

    Audiobook CDSt. Paul, MN : Minnesota Humanities Commission, [2007] — TB/CD J 493.54039 S54
  • Badger's Parting Gifts

    Hadyadihii Sagoootiga Xoorka

    Varley, Susan
    Badger's friends are sad when he dies, but they treasure the legacies he left them.
    UnknownLondon : Magi Publications, 1997. — E 493.54089 V31B
  • Two traditional tales about the cunning fox.
    BookLondon : Mantra Lingua, 2013. — PB E 493.54039 C33F
  • Elmer the patchwork elephant finds something unique to admire in each of his many different animal friends.
    BookLondon : Milet, 2014. — BD 493.54089 M15E
  • The Hyena and the Fox

    a Somali Graphic Folktale

    Mohamed, Mariam,
    Graphic NovelNorth Mankato, Minnesota : Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint, [2023] — GRAPHIC J 398.209677 M69H
  • BookBloomington : Indiana University Press, c1993. — 893.5 A62
  • Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep.
    BookLondon [England] : Mantra, 2012. — PB E 493.54089 C27V
  • A Somali billboard repairman working in Dubai decides he wants to experience some of the products advertised on his boards. An experience that begins innocently enough, but quickly spins out of control, especially when a con man enters the…
    DVDPompton Plains, NJ : BayView Entertainment, [2021] — DVD FIC BENE
  • "Sahan waa sheeko aad u xiiso badan oo xambaarsan xikmadda nolosha iyo xaqiiqada jacaylka dhabta ah, waxayna si xeeldheeri uga hadlaysaa xaaladihii dalkeenna, dadkeenna, dawladnimadeenna, dibad iyo gudaba inna soo maray. Waa mid cashar…
    BookStockholm, Sweden : Scansom Publishers, 2015. — 493.54089 A13S