Somali women came together in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to sing a tribute to George Floyd, footage from June 4 shows. Mourners gathered outside the Cup Foods store in Minneapolis, where Floyd died, for a memorial service on June 4. The Somali...
Jun 6th 2020 Β· 1 min readSomali women came together in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to sing a tribute to George Floyd, footage from June 4 shows.
Mourners gathered outside the Cup Foods store in Minneapolis, where Floyd died, for a memorial service on June 4.
The Somali women performed poems and took part in a moment of silence at the site, Rahma Farah, who took the video, told Storyful.
βThe place has turned into a memorial and sacred ground in a way,β Farah said.
They wrote a buraanbur for #GeorgeFlyod ππππΈπ΄ Somalis stay undefeated ππΈπ΄πͺπΏ pic.twitter.com/8tckMLUkLd
— khasaaro ππΈπ΄πͺ (@bigabdi3) June 5, 2020
βA lot of Somali women on stage and in the crowd, including myself, wore red to support our black brothers and sisters,β Farah said. Credit: Rahma Farah / @nefelibatababy via Storyful