Understanding Somalia and Somaliland
Culture, History and Society
Published on 27. October 2008
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-0-19-932680-8 (ISBN)
Description
Details the history and culture of the Somali people. This book offers insight into the complex social, historical, and cultural hinterland that is the Somali heritage and pays attention to the pervasive influence of traditional nomadism, especially its extremely decentralized nature.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 145 mm
Width: 218 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
322 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-932680-8 (9780199326808)
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Person
Ioan Lewis is professor emeritus of anthropology at the London School of Economics and author of Arguments with Ethnography: Comparative Approaches to History, Politics, and Religion. He is recognised internationally as the leading academic authority on the history and cultures of the Somali people, on which he has written dozens of books and articles over the last fifty years.