Educational challenges and sociocultural experiences of somali students in an urban high school

NABE Review of Research and Practice

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 131-150

  Hersi, Afra Ahmed ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84917380178     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410612670     Document Type: Chapter

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