The Yibir of Las Burgabo (a novel of Somalia) Mahmood Gaildon little brown books for young readers ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1797205458

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1797205458

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The Yibir of Las Burgabo (a novel of Somalia) Mahmood Gaildon little brown books for young readers ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1797205458The Yibir of Las Burgabo is the story of a Yibir family in Somalia. (Yibirs are the most ostracized and despised group in Somalia.) In this novel, after an out of town trip on foot, Geeddi never returns home. Instead, his two children, Amina and Ali are greeted with news of his death one day. His teenager daughter, Amina, assumes the role of parent for her nine year old brother. She knows her family's past which she keeps secret from her brother out