Mental Health: Opening Dialogue in the African Community
Community organizer, Famo Musa, discusses intergenerational trauma in the Somali Bantu community and shares insight from three Somali Bantu women from City Heights.
The Bahati Mamas: Growing Freedom From the Ground Up
A Civil War broke out in Somalia in 1991 that put the Somali Bantu, an unarmed cultural minority group, in the middle and becoming a target of devastating violence and loss. Several of the Bahati Mamas lost their children and husbands in the conflict. City Heights resident, Khadija Musame, one of the members of
SongStream Project Brings the Joy of Lullabies to City Heights Families
Singer-songwriter and SongStream Project co-founder Talia Morales performs a song at The Landscape of Lullabies event at the City Heights Library. This particular song is one her mother used to sing to Morales and her brother. Famo Musa is a high school student and member of The AjA Project’s Youth Advisory Council. The SongStream