Educator, poet, playwright and filmmaker Said Salah Ahmed fled Somalia during the Civil War and immigrated to the Twin Cities in the early 1990s. Since then he wrote “The Lion’s Share” a children’s book that later became the inspiration of a play he produced for Steppingstone Theater based on Somalian folklore.

This segment aired as part of MN Original Episode #307.

Minnesota Music in this Segment:
Marc Anderson http://www.marcanderson.com/
Shawn Persinger http://www.persingermusic.com/
Zoo Animal http://restandnoise.com/zooanimal/
Mary Ellen Childs http://www.maryellenchilds.com