An audio recording of an oral history of Phon Mean about fleeing Cambodia with her family at age ten and coming to the United States. She talks about life in Cambodia when she was a child and then about life in the U.S., including school, her first job, and discomfort of being a refugee living in a different culture. Mean also talks about her experience of the refugee camp in Thailand.
An audio recording of an oral history of Liz Ben-Jumbo. Ben-Jumbo grew up in Nigeria and traveled to the U.S. at 23 to go to college in Port Angeles, Washington. While in Port Angeles, she worked at a nursing home. She moved to Seattle to study Psychology at the University of Washington, returned to Nigeria, did service work and met her husband then came again to the U.S., first to attend Mississippi State, then graduated from Ohio State University in 1991 and moved to Portland, Oregon. She talks about her experiences of racial prejudice in the U.S. and her work as an educator on multicultural issues. She also goes by Elizabeth (Joy) Wosley-George, which she explains in the interview is her other last name. The recording stops and starts many times due to an issue with the tape recorder.
An audio recording of an oral history of Liz Ben-Jumbo. Ben-Jumbo grew up in Nigeria and traveled to the U.S. at 23 to go to college in Port Angeles, Washington. While in Port Angeles, she worked at a nursing home. She moved to Seattle to study Psychology at the University of Washington, returned to Nigeria, did service work and met her husband then came again to the U.S., first to attend Mississippi State, then graduated from Ohio State University in 1991 and moved to Portland, Oregon. She talks about her experiences of racial prejudice in the U.S. and her work as an educator on multicultural issues. She also goes by Elizabeth (Joy) Wosley-George, which she explains in the interview is her other last name. The recording stops and starts many times due to an issue with the tape recorder.
