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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... 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, local restaurateurs, watchmen, and others in the ...
... 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, local restaurateurs, watchmen, and others in the ...
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... women were second-class citizens and often cloistered (although this was patently not the case in Somalia). There was little curiosity about what the religion actually did dictate or about what the Koran might say. It was acknowledged ...
... women were second-class citizens and often cloistered (although this was patently not the case in Somalia). There was little curiosity about what the religion actually did dictate or about what the Koran might say. It was acknowledged ...
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... Women in Africa (Dualeh Abdalla 1982). Despite the fact that this book was allegedly banned by the government, Somali vendors had numerous copies, which they always thrust at westerners who ventured through the central market. No other ...
... Women in Africa (Dualeh Abdalla 1982). Despite the fact that this book was allegedly banned by the government, Somali vendors had numerous copies, which they always thrust at westerners who ventured through the central market. No other ...
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... women prepared simple meals for watchmen and civil servants. Most bush teashops were not occupied for long, although ... women dressed in maros (sari-like cotton wraps) sold cigarettes and homemade sesame sweets daily on the building ...
... women prepared simple meals for watchmen and civil servants. Most bush teashops were not occupied for long, although ... women dressed in maros (sari-like cotton wraps) sold cigarettes and homemade sesame sweets daily on the building ...
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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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