Sokhen Mao: interview with Christin Howard, Linda Nguyen, Zoe Rechenbach, and Olivia Pfeiffer

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Title:
Sokhen Mao: interview with Christin Howard, Linda Nguyen, Zoe Rechenbach, and Olivia Pfeiffer
Description:
Mao discusses his youth in Cambodia, where he was born in 1964 and raised on a farm, the forced evacuation from his home during the Vietnam War, and his experiences in refugee camps and his separation and reunion with his family. Mao then describes emigrating to Amherst, Mass. in 1982 after a stay in a refugee camp in Thailand, attending Amherst High School, and the University of Massachusetts. Mao concludes the interview by outlining his involvement with the Cambodian American community in Amherst and his hope to found a cultural center.
Interviewee:
Mao, Sokhen
Interviewer:
Howard, Christin
Interviewer:
Nguyen, Linda
Interviewer:
Rechenbach, Zoe
Interviewer:
Pfeiffer, Olivia
Date:
May 4, 2018
Format:
Audio recordings (nonmusical)
Genre:
Oral histories
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
Asian Americans in Western Mass. Oral History Collection
Subjects:
Refugees--Cambodia
Refugees--Social conditions
Cambodians--Massachusetts--Amherst
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Places:
Cambodia
Massachusetts > Hampshire (county) > Amherst
Extent:
1 audio file ; 01:49:52
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/murg025_h5_4-s2018-i002
Terms of Use:
Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries..
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Place of origin:
Amherst (Mass.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
murg025_h5_4-s2018-i002