The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert this book features never-before-published letters

this book features never-before-published letters and responses about first loves

”—Ibram X

New to the neighborhood is Sera

Ozoemena’s fellow students start to vanish

The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert this book features never-before-published lettersPaperback, like new Born in Somalia, a spare daughter in a large family, Shugri Said Salh was sent at age six to live with her nomadic grandmother in the desert. The last of her family to learn this once common way of life, Salh found herself chasing warthogs, climbing termite hills, herding goats, and moving constantly in search of water and grazing lands with her nomadic family. For Salh, though the desert was a harsh place threatened by drought,