Somalian American Culture

“The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other.” Mario Puzo, American author. Every culture has its own set of beliefs, traditions and religions. Your culture defines who you are as a person and how you go about your life. For example most Americans living in the Mid-west, speak English and grew up on or around the country lifestyle. Somalian people are united by one language, Somali, which is influenced by their native culture (Adair, 2013, p.1). Likewise with the Mid-western United states, they grew up on farmland but with a tropical climate still able to produce crops. Being part of a family is different from how it was a decade ago, at that time the mother stayed home with the children while the

The southern part has a tropical climate, which supports the agricultural community and the large city capital, Mogadishu. In July of 2010, Somalia’s estimated population was just over 10 million people. With the horn of Africa jutting into the Indian Ocean, which leads to the Red Sea and Suez Canal. Somali has a history of trade and positive interaction with other surrounding cultures. The common language of Somalia is known as Somali (Purnell, 2013, p.368). The common religion Sunni Muslim was influences by their Arabic cultures. In 1991 the Somali government collapsed, sending 1 million Somalin people to neighboring countries such as Ethiopia, Yemen, and Kenya. Because of this event many refugees are living in safer countries such as the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany and many more. On the other hand, others are still living in a well-known refugee camp, Nairobi, which has especially harsh and un safe conditions. Recent events related to the Al-Shabab terrorists in Somalia have been very devastating to their population and country, due to a majority of the people of Somalia being displaced into various locations in the country (Ross, 2017). This has influenced my perception because they still have a unhealthy economy and government system because of the event that took place in