Networks Of Dissolution: Somalia UndoneIn this penetrating and timely book, Anna Simons documents Somalia's impending slide toward anarchy. How do people react to a failing yet still repressive government? What do they do when the banks run out of cash? How do they cope with unprecedented uncertainty? These are some of the questions Simons addresses as she introduces the reader to Somal |
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Rather, it simply meant that he was able to find women and men who, as long as he was there, were willing to talk with me about their lives. I came to know and visit Somalis in other locales as well— tailors and their customers, ...
Rather, it simply meant that he was able to find women and men who, as long as he was there, were willing to talk with me about their lives. I came to know and visit Somalis in other locales as well— tailors and their customers, ...
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Few expatriates knew more about Islam than that it was an "Arab" religion that caused people to bang their heads on the floor five times a day; that Muslims could have more than one wife; and that women were ...
Few expatriates knew more about Islam than that it was an "Arab" religion that caused people to bang their heads on the floor five times a day; that Muslims could have more than one wife; and that women were ...
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Ironically, one of the only books that could be obtained in Mogadishu in 1988 was Sisters in Affliction: Circumcision and Infibulation of Women in Africa (Dualeh Abdalla 1982). Despite the fact that this book was allegedly banned by the ...
Ironically, one of the only books that could be obtained in Mogadishu in 1988 was Sisters in Affliction: Circumcision and Infibulation of Women in Africa (Dualeh Abdalla 1982). Despite the fact that this book was allegedly banned by the ...
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Bush teashops were temporary shelters constructed from branches and sometimes cardboard or other materials designed to give shade and partially conceal primitive kitchens where women prepared simple meals for watchmen and civil servants ...
Bush teashops were temporary shelters constructed from branches and sometimes cardboard or other materials designed to give shade and partially conceal primitive kitchens where women prepared simple meals for watchmen and civil servants ...
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Contents
PART TWO HISTORIES | |
PART THREE CHRONOLOGY 19881989 | |
PART FOUR PASTORAL IDEOLOGY AND URBAN | |
Pastoral Principles | |
Ties | |
Moralities | |
Tribalism | |
PART FIVE FAMILY TO FAMILY | |
A Rigorous Ending | |
No Ending | |
Bibliography | |
About the Book and Author | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Networks Of Dissolution: Somalia Undone |
| Author | Anna Simons |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2019 |
| ISBN | 0429720831, 9780429720833 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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