Peace and milk, drought and war: Somali culture, society, and politics : essays in honour of I.M. Lewis

PEACE AND MILK, DROUGHT AND WAR

Peace and Milk, Drought and War Somalí Culture, Society and Politics

Essays in Honour of I.M. Lewis

Edtted by

Markus V. Hoehne and Virginia Luling

Columbia University Press New York

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List of Abbreviations

IX

Acknowledgements

xi

Note on Language and Spelling

xiii

1. Introduction: Lewis and the Remaining Challenges

in Somalí Studies

Markus V. Hoehne and Virginia Luling

1

ndudes bibliographical reférences and index.

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.Somalia—Civilization. 2. Somalia—Politics and governmcnt. L Lewis, I. M.

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THE COLONIAL PERIOD AND TODAY

2. Reflections 1943-63

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John Drysdale

17

3. Benign Neglect versus La Grande Somalia: the Colonial

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Legacy and the Post-colonial Somalí State

Gérard Prunier

35

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CLAN POLITICS, PASTORAL ECONOMY AND CHANGE

4. Speculations on the Historical Origins of the 'Total Somali Genealogy'

Lee V. Cassanelli

51

5. Trade, Lineages, Inequalities: Twists in the Northem Somali Path to Modernity

Luca Ciabarri

67

6. The Question of Ethnicity in Somali Studies: The Case of Somali Bantu Identity

Ken Menkhaus

87

7. The Political Anthropology of 'Pastoral Democracy': Scope and Limitations of a Political Ecology

Marcel Djama

105

Hussein M. Adam

117

PARTffl

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8. Political Islam in Somali History