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When I Get Older: The Story behind "Wavin' Flag"

by K'Naan

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When I Get Older, Somali-Canadian poet, rapper, singer, and songwriter K'NAAN tells his own story.
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A lovely looking book that tells the story of the Waving Flag song, used by FIFA, but I really wish the story had told more about the reality of life for kids in Somalia and the experiences of a refugee child in North America. In the end this was a pretty book that missed a good opportunity to provide more information to Canadian kids about life in a very different place. The note at the back about Somalia uses some pretty sophisticated adult vocabulary--"democracy", "African Union", "protectorate" without providing any glossary or clarifying phrases for the target age group. ( )
  fountainoverflows | Dec 30, 2019 |
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