Clan Cleansing in Somalia: The Ruinous Legacy of 1991

Lidwien Kapteijns

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2013

Clan Cleansing in Somalia

The Ruinous Legacy of 1991

Lidwien Kapteijns

In the series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812207583

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About this book

Clan Cleansing in Somalia deals with the transformative violence that helped cause the collapse of the Somali state in 1991. Kapteijns argues that public acknowledgment of the clan cleansing of this period is indispensable to social and moral repair and to the critical memory work required from Somalis on all sides of this conflict.

Author / Editor information

Lidwien Kapteijns is Kendall Hodder Professor of History at Wellesley College.

Reviews

"This book is not only an authoritative research project in Somali studies, but a serious source to be consulted on Somalia's future social repair and reconciliation."—World Peace Foundation

"The best book about recent events in Somalia is undoubtedly Clan Cleansing in Somalia, by Lidwien Kapteijns, a must-read for anyone wanting to unravel the complicated nature of our civil war."—Nuruddin Farah, New York Times

"A brilliant book that reopens some of the central questions of Somali history and politics in a compelling manner."—Journal of African History

"Kapteijn's use of Somali-language sources—contemporary poetry, oral interviews, news reports, and radio recordings—is very effective in providing a ground-level view of the violence both at the time of the 'cleansing' and in the survivors' subsequent reflections upon it. This is a most welcome contribution to a literature on the civil war, which has until now been dominated by the analyses of foreign experts and Somali diaspora scholars."—Lee Cassanelli, University of Pennsylvania

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Note on Transliteration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Speaking the Unspeakable: Somali Poets and Novelists on Civil War Violence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Chapter 2. Historical Background to the Violence of State Collapse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Chapter 3. Clan Cleansing in Mogadishu and Beyond Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Chapter 4. The Why and How of Clan Cleansing: Political Objectives and Discursive Means Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
Time-Line of the Major Events Examined in This Book Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
Name Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	302
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 320
Illustrations
- Other: 1 map
Keywords: History; Political Science; Human Rights; Law; Political Science; Public Policy; European History; World History

eBook

Published: December 18, 2012
ISBN: 9780812207583