At the age of 6/7 witnessing the civil war in Somalia.

Trying to escape from Mogadishu as the city was being bombed.

Seeing a bullet go through my aunties breast while waiting for transport to get out of Mogadishu.

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My earliest political memory is 9/11 happening.

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Last autumn we ran an experimental online public engagement series called 'earliest political memories'. We collected a total of 68 memories that were generously contributed by members of the public. You can read all the contributions here. The series caught the attention of our colleague Rachel O'Connell in the School of English who…

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My earliest political memory is hearing that JFK had been shot on our old radio and running to tell my mom. I was 5 at the time.

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