Queens Without Crowns

Queens Without Crowns PDF

Author: Amina Mohamoud Warsame

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9789187748554

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The roles of women in Somaliland are changing. The eruption of the civil war in Somalia in 1988 was a turning point in the history of the Somali people. In the aftermath of the war and amidst ongoing changes, the internationally unrecognised Republic of Somaliland is rebuilding itself, and is making a slow but remarkable social and economic recovery. In this process the women are playing an important role. The purpose of this study has been to identify and document the changing roles of women in Somaliland, and to analyse its implications for family dynamics and peace building.--Publisher's description.

Becoming Somaliland

Becoming Somaliland PDF

Author: Mark Bradbury

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13:

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When does a country become a state? On 18 May 1991, the leaders of the Somali. National Movement and the elders of northern Somali clans proclaimed that they were setting up the new Republic of Somaliland. Why has Somaliland not followed Somalia into 'state collapse'?

The Country that Does Not Exist

The Country that Does Not Exist PDF

Author: Gérard Prunier

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1787382036

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The Somali people are fiercely nationalistic. Colonialism split them into five segments divided between four different powers. Thus decolonization and pan-Somalism became synonymous. In 1960 a partial reunification took place between British Somaliland and Somalia Italiana. Africa Confidential wrote at the time that the new Somali state would never be beset by tribal division but this discounted the existence of powerful clans within Somali society and the persistence of colonial administrative cultures. The collapse of parliamentary democracy in 1969 and the resulting army--and clanic--dictatorship that followed led to a civil war in the 'perfect' national state. It lasted fourteen years in the British North and is still raging today in the 'Italian' South. Somaliland re-birthed itself through an enormous solo effort but the viable nation so recreated within its former colonial borders was never internationally recognized and still struggles to exist economically and diplomatically. This book recounts an African success story where the peace so widely acclaimed by the international community has had no reward but its own lonely achievement.

Consider Somaliland

Consider Somaliland PDF

Author: Marleen Renders

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2012-01-27

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 9004222545

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Can ‘traditional’ leaders and institutions help to build more legitimate, accountable and effective governments in polities or ‘states’ under (re)construction? This book investigates the case of “Somaliland”, the 20-year old non-recognized state which emerged from Somalia’s conflict and state collapse. A careful analysis of Somaliland’s political history, it outlines the complex and evolving institutional and power dynamics involving clan elders, militia leaders, guerrilla movements, as well as politicians and civil servants in its emerging state structures. While showing the great potential of endogenous processes, it clearly demonstrates the complexity and the politics of those processes and the necessity to think beyond one-size-fits-all state-building formulas.

Women of the Somali Diaspora

Women of the Somali Diaspora PDF

Author: Joanna Lewis

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2021-12-01

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 0197644236

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This book is about Somali mothers and daughters who came to Britain in the 1990s to escape civil war. Many had never left Somalia before, followed nomadic traditions, did not speak English, were bereaved and were suffering from PTSD. Their stories begin with war and genocide in the north, followed by harrowing journeys via refugee camps, then their arrival and survival in London. Joanna Lewis exposes how they rapidly recovered, mobilising their networks, social capital and professional skills. Crucial to the recovery of the now breakaway state of (former British) Somaliland, these women bore a huge burden, but inspired the next generation, with many today caught between London and a humanitarian impulse to return home. Lewis reveals three histories. Firstly, the women's personal history, helping us to understand resilience as an individual, lived historical process that is both positive and negative, and both inter- and intra-generational. Secondly, a collective history of refugees as rebuilders, offering insight into the dynamism of the Somali diaspora. Finally, the forgotten history and hidden legacies of Britain's colonial past, which have played a key role in shaping this dramatic, sometimes upsetting, but always inspiring story: the power of women to heal the scars of war.

State Building and National Identity Reconstruction in the Horn of Africa

State Building and National Identity Reconstruction in the Horn of Africa PDF

Author: Redie Bereketeab

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-02-10

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 331939892X

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This book examines post-secession and post-transition state building in Somaliland, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan. It explores two intimately linked, yet analytically distinct themes: state building and national identity reconstruction following secession and collapse. In Somaliland and South Sudan, rearranging the state requires a complete metamorphosis of state institutions so that they respond to the needs and interests of the people. In Sudan and Somalia, the reconfiguration of the remains of the state must address a new reality and demands on the ground. All four cases examined, although highly variable, involve conflict. Conflict defines the scope, depth and momentum of the state building and state reconstruction process. It also determines the contours and parameters of the projects to reconstitute national identity and rebuild a nation. Addressing the contested identity formation and its direct relation to state building would therefore go a long way in mitigating conflicts and state crisis.

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