Join us for a conversation about the experience of immigrants in Minnesota, led by Donna Gabaccia and Ibé. Donna Gabaccia is the Director of the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota. IBé was born in Kankan, Guinea, and grew up between Koindu, Sierra Leone; Evanston, Illinois; and St. Cloud, Minnesota. He has his mailing address in Minneapolis, but ask him where is home, he would tell you The Middle of the Atlantic. IBé is a writer and spoken-word performer.
Official Website: http://www.ias.umn.edu/SpeakingofHome.php
Added by UMN Institute for Advanced Study on July 22, 2008