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Mo’ Curious: Arriving As Refugees, Bosnians in St. Louis are Rebuilding Their Lost Community

St. Louis Bosnian population is influencing the region’s religious life, building economic and civic organizations and partaking in recreation. (Think soccer.)

Over 60,000 Bosnian refugees and their children live in St. Louis area. They have a significant influence on the region’s economy, religious life and culture.

In this episode of the Mo’ Curious podcast we meet four Bosnians making sense of their past and mapping out their future as members of two cultures: Bosnian and American.

Here is the story of some of the Bosnians who now call St. Louis, Missouri home.

Music in this episode was from the Bosnian-St. Louis band, Albosy. Here’s a fuller dose of the band:

More episodes of the podcast are available at MoCurious.com.

Thanks for listening and stay curious, Missouri.

By Trevor Harris

I got involved in community radio back in 1990 and later worked in public radio. I enjoy listening to people's stories. Collecting them seemed like a logical marriage of my love of audio gathering and preserving the stories of those around me.

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