O for Out of Nowhere, by Maria Padian (fiction) – black refugees, white town, seeing red

Moving far away is difficult. Keeping your faith in a new place is hard. Soccer… is wonderful. The Somali migration to Lewiston, Maine, that began in the early 2000s saw the arrival of newcomers who had almost nothing in common with its residents – not race, not religion, not food traditions, not clothes styles. Yet … Continue reading O for Out of Nowhere, by Maria Padian (fiction) – black refugees, white town, seeing red