ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the use of cultural, migratory and community spaces in working on a long-term, community-based, preventative action research mental health project, undertaken with Somali men of different generations, living in Liverpool, UK. The Somali sons worked on both the content and technical aspects of producing a high-quality magazine, interviewing parents for stories of life in Somalia and Britain and including their own commentaries on life. Their final product was called Geedka Shirka, which means 'under the tree', a reference to the outdoor storytelling traditions in Somalia. The chapter aims to improve relationships between Somali fathers and sons. These relationships had been strained by migration and an acculturation gap, which meant that tensions had developed within families that were affecting family functioning and the well-being of family members. One of the major psychosocial changes experienced by immigrants is acculturation, which is the process of cultural change and psychological change that results following meeting between cultures.
