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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
imageSnow 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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