Somalia: Bristol Museum Explores the Questions of Identity and Belonging Among Somalis in the UK

In multi-cultural Bristol, Somalis were marginalized, which effectively hampered the integration of one of the UK city's fastest-growing communities, until a museum started telling their stories.

In the port city with trade ties to Africa and the Americas since the 16th century, the fastest-growing segment of the population defined as black and minority ethnic (BME) in Bristol is Somali.

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