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From church to the mosque, faith and friends help Iowa’s African immigrants and refugees build a sense of home

  • Written by Osamamen Oba Eduviere, Ph.D. Candidate in Religious Studies, University of Iowa
From church to the mosque, faith and friends help Iowa’s African immigrants and refugees build a sense of homeSnow covers the replica of the Statue of Liberty outside the Decatur County Courthouse in Leon, Iowa.Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Think of Iowa, our home. Many people picture cornfields: the Great Plains of the American heartland.

One thing many outsiders may not know about this agrarian, predominantly white state where we teach...

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