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Fleeing persecution, Somali Bantu refugees grapple with new home.
From:
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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May 10, 2004| Author:
Vinh, Tan
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Byline: Tan Vinh
SEATTLE _ The education of a Somali Bantu family began with the flick of a light switch in a modest little apartment in Rainier Beach, Wash.
Dark rooms suddenly brightened, revealing objects that put the newly arrived refugees in awe: a stove that produced heat without firewood; a toilet with water coursing through it; a refrigerator with more food than they'd seen in an entire African resettlement camp.
Haji Shongolo, who arrived ...
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