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This is the extraordinary first-person account of a young

woman's coming of age in Somalia and her struggles against the

obligations and strictures of family and society.By the

time she is nine, Aman has undergone a ritual circumcision

ceremony; at eleven, her innocent romance with a white boy leads to

a murder; at thirteen she is given away in an arranged marriage to

a stranger.Aman eventually runs away to Mogadishu,

where her beauty and rebellious spirit leads her to the decadent

demimonde of white colonialists.Hers is a world in

which women are both chattel and freewheeling entrepreneurs,

subject to the caprices of male relatives, yet keenly aware of the

loopholes that lead to freedom.Aman is an

astonishing history, opening a window onto traditional Somali life

and the universal quest for female

self-awareness.

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Aman's story was originally compiled by Virginia Lee Barnes, an

anthropologist (Ph.D., University of Hawaii), and upon her death in

1989, the manu* was completed by Janice Boddy, distinguished

professor of anthropology at the University of Toronto, who added

an introduction placing Aman's story in its proper historical and

social context.

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Beautifully eloquent...gripping and illuminating. It's an

intimate, personal account...Even more compelling that the ups and

downs of Aman's life is what she manages to unveil about her

society, religion and culture.--Detroit Free Press

"Most impressive...A remarkable narrative, richly detailed. [Aman]

tells her tale in a voice that belongs not to the present, but to

her rebellious, resilient, courageous, ferociously determined

self."--Washington Post Book World

"A rare feat: a glimpse of traditional and modern Africa from a

female point of view."--Macleans