The First Somali Diaspora: A Transnational History of Migration, Race, and Resistance

On Tuesday, April 23rd from 2-3 pm in Andersen Library Rm 308, the Immigration History Research Center and Immigration History Research Center Archives will host Ibrahim Hirsi, University of Minnesota PhD Candidate in History.  Hirsi's research focuses on twentieth-century American history, transnational migrations, maritime labor, and the Black diaspora.

At this event, Hirsi will present research from his dissertation titled, The First Somali Diaspora: A Transnational History of Migration, Race, and Resistance. This work traces the journeys of Somali migrant laborers from British Somaliland to the United States and the United Kingdom and places Somalis’ experiences in a broader historical context, explaining how the Black diaspora was racialized at sea and ashore.

Please register to attend.