Networks of Dissolution: Somalia UndoneRoutledge, 2019 M03 13 - 256 pages In 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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... Mogadishu's place in the world was that there was no hotel gift shop and no Somali souvenirs for sale in the lobby save one small rack of postcards. Tourist art, despite the lack of tourism or a tourist industry, could be had in Mogadishu ...
... Mogadishu's place in the world was that there was no hotel gift shop and no Somali souvenirs for sale in the lobby save one small rack of postcards. Tourist art, despite the lack of tourism or a tourist industry, could be had in Mogadishu ...
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... Mogadishu—crumbling stucco, pastel walls—while just past the storefronts and bars was the ocean, with simple wooden and fiberglass fishing boats riding the waves and Somali boys swimming regardless of sharks and unmindful of those ...
... Mogadishu—crumbling stucco, pastel walls—while just past the storefronts and bars was the ocean, with simple wooden and fiberglass fishing boats riding the waves and Somali boys swimming regardless of sharks and unmindful of those ...
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... Mogadishu to perpetuate this view of Somali aloofness. After all, Somalis spoke in commands, were always arguing with one another, and were fueled by Islam, which gave them the power of their convictions—that others were not as worthy ...
... Mogadishu to perpetuate this view of Somali aloofness. After all, Somalis spoke in commands, were always arguing with one another, and were fueled by Islam, which gave them the power of their convictions—that others were not as worthy ...
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... Mogadishu meant that anyone who needed to speak with someone else generally had to physically visit or track them down. This made for unpredictable absences. As a result, many staff members spent hours, if not whole mornings and ...
... Mogadishu meant that anyone who needed to speak with someone else generally had to physically visit or track them down. This made for unpredictable absences. As a result, many staff members spent hours, if not whole mornings and ...
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... holdovers. One was the project's accountant, a native Indian and World Bank employee. The other was a Tanzanian national who had come to Somalia with her Somali husband, divorced him, and then remained in Mogadishu's small.
... holdovers. One was the project's accountant, a native Indian and World Bank employee. The other was a Tanzanian national who had come to Somalia with her Somali husband, divorced him, and then remained in Mogadishu's small.
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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