Afyare Abdi Elmi. Understanding the Somalia Conflagration: Identity, Islam and Peacebuilding
This book is worth reading for at least two main reasons. First it offers an insider’s point of view since Professor Afyare Abdi Elmi, though educated in Western universities, shares and conveys Somali culture and values, in other words Somali identity. Second, because the author not only deals wit...
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Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
2013
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| Zusammenfassung: | This book is worth reading for at least two main reasons. First it offers an insider’s point of view since Professor Afyare Abdi Elmi, though educated in Western universities, shares and conveys Somali culture and values, in other words Somali identity. Second, because the author not only deals with the features of the Somali war, but he also discusses its possible solutions.By adopting a social constructivist approach, Elmi underlines that Somali identity is defined by two key characteristi... |
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