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How Dispersed Sierra Leoneans Maintain Sense of Community

Newswise

A new book by anthropologist JoAnn D’Alisera explores how displaced Sierra Leonean Muslims sought and found their identity and a sense of community in the United States. “Communities don’t have to be bound geographically,”
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Newswise

A new book by anthropologist JoAnn D’Alisera explores how displaced Sierra Leonean Muslims sought and found their identity and a sense of community in the United States. “Communities don’t have to be bound geographically,”
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Professor studies society’s poor by picking through trash

Free Detroit Press

How do poor people or street people meet their basic needs in the world’s wealthiest nation? “We think of the world as being increasingly mean-spirited and competitive, but here were homeowners and small-business owners and homeless folks and the poor cooperating in a way to redistribute useful materials”, said Prof. Jeff Ferrell >> continue (updated with copy)

Free Detroit Press

How do poor people or street people meet their basic needs in the world's wealthiest nation? "We think of the world as being increasingly mean-spirited and competitive, but here were homeowners and small-business owners and homeless folks and…

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