Oral history interview with Kemle Fakhry

Collection

Identifier: SR12253

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This oral history interview with Kemle Fakhry was conducted by Don Schwartz on April 4, 2017. The interview was recorded for The Immigrant Story, an organization that documents and archives the stories of immigrants and refugees in the United States. In this interview, Fakhry discusses coming to the United States at the beginning of her freshman year of high school and learning English as a second language. She then talks about her childhood in Dakar, Senegal, including her education and her family life. She describes growing up with her father an ocean away in the United States; immigrating to the United States at the age of 13; and acclimating to her new environment in Portland, Oregon. She talks about Senegalese culture and cuisine. She discusses the cultural differences between Senegal and the United States, particularly surrounding the concept of race. She closes the interview by discussing her plans for the future.

Dates

Creation: 2017 April 4

Creator

Fakhry, Kemle, 1999- (Interviewee, Person)
Schwartz, Don (Interviewer, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Joint copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society and The Immigrant Story. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Educational Use Permitted, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/

Biographical note

Kemle Fakhry was born in Dakar, Senegal, in 1999. Her father immigrated to the United States when she was only 2 months old. She immigrated to the United States herself in 2013. She attended Benson High School in Portland, Oregon, and was active in track and field. She is a model, and is studying political science at Portland State University.

Extent

60.7 Megabytes (1 online resource (1 audio file (43 min., 9 sec.))) : MPEG-4

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Oral history interview with Kemle Fakhry conducted by Don Schwartz on April 4, 2017, for The Immigrant Story. Fakhry emigrated from Senegal to the United States in 2013.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of The Immigrant Story, 2020 (Lib. Acc. RL2020-017).

Publication note

An article about Kemle Fakhry, "A Reunion in a New Land" by Don Schwartz, was based on this interview and published on The Immigrant Story website at https://theimmigrantstory.org/dreams/