This book analyzes crucial episodes in the recent political history of the Somali people. In their complicated dialogue with modernity , the Somalis illustrate the extremes of modern African statehood. In contemporary Somalia which, for twenty years has not been...

Peoples of the Horn of Africa: Somali, Afar and Saho Product details Publisher : Red Sea Pr (August 1, 1998) Language : English Paperback : 228 pages ISBN-10 : 1569021058 ISBN-13 : 978-1569021057 Item Weight : 13.6 ounces Dimensions : 6.25 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches

This collection of essays, based on first-hand anthropological field research spanning many years, brings together in a single volume the author's collected material on characteristics of popular Islam amongst the Somali of the Horn of Africa. The tension between mystically...