Unraveling Somalia : race, violence, and the legacy of slavery

Unraveling Somalia : race, violence, and the legacy of slavery / Catherine Besteman.

In 1991 the Somali state collapsed. Once heralded as the only true nation-state in Africa, the Somalia of the 1990's suffered brutal internecine warfare. At the same time a politically created famine caused the deaths of a half a million people and the flight of a million refugees. During the c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Besteman, Catherine Lowe
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999.
Series:Ethnography of political violence.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Somali Bantu (African people) > Somalia > Qossoldoor > History > 19th century.
Somali Bantu (African people) > Somalia > Qossoldoor > History > 20th century.
Slavery > Somalia > Qossoldoor > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Somalia > Qossoldoor > History > 20th century.
Ethnic relations
Somali Bantu (African people)
Politics and government
Slavery
Qossoldoor (Somalia) > Politics and government > 19th century.
Qossoldoor (Somalia) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Qossoldoor (Somalia) > Ethnic relations > History > 19th century.
Qossoldoor (Somalia) > Ethnic relations > History > 20th century.
Somalia > Qossoldoor
History
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