Oral History Collection
[an error occurred while processing this directive]India Association of Minnesota Oral History Project
| NAME: | Mansur Kassim-Lakha |
| DATE: | January 14, 1995 |
| PLACE: | Kassim-Lakha's home, Stillwater, Minnesota |
| INTERVIEWER: | Polly Sonifer |
| PROJECT SERIES: | India Association of Minnesota Oral History Project |
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Mansur Kassim-Lakha was born in Kenya to a family of Indian descent. He attended boarding school and college in England and then moved to Minnesota and finished his undergraduate work. Kassim-Lakha is a businessman.
SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Indian immigration to East Africa; boarding school experiences; differences between American and British schools; value of education; marriage and family; early work history; experiences in Nebraska; parenting-instilling values; work with the India Club; other Indian community work, Twin Cities Muslim community; important family and cultural values; the mixing of Eastern and Western values; respect of elders. Visits to England and Kenya; children's education; the value of academics; maintaining family ties back to Africa; the struggle of maintaining long-distance relationships.
COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: The original cassettes are nominally 60 minutes long, but actually longer than that, so three 60-minute tapes were needed for the user copies.
| SOUND RECORDINGS: |
User copy: 3 60-minute cassettes Original: 2 60-minute cassettes |
| LENGTH OF INTERVIEW: | |
| RESTRICTIONS ON USE: | None |
| TRANSCRIPT: | 43 pages |
| ACCESSION NUMBER: | AV 1995.103.6 |
