{"id":3483,"date":"2010-04-16T18:09:41","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T18:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hub-dev.bates.edu\/museum\/?page_id=3483"},"modified":"2021-08-12T13:41:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T17:41:29","slug":"somali-diaspora","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/exhibitions\/y2009\/somali-diaspora\/","title":{"rendered":"The Somali Diaspora: A Journey Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong> <span class=\"summary\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Photographs by Abdi Roble<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3501 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2010\/04\/somali17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2010\/04\/somali17.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2010\/04\/somali17-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>January 23 &#8211; May 30, 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Somali-born photographer Abdi Roble has been documenting the diaspora of the Somali population for five years. This exhibition presents fifty-five black-and-white images that document the transition of Somali communities from Africa to the United States, from refugee status to becoming an integral part of American society. Included are photographs made in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Columbus, Ohio; and Maine\u2014home to three of the larger Somali communities in the USA. 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