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Culture and Customs of Somalia
Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi
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Description for Culture and Customs of Somalia
paperback. Provides the only accessible, comprehensive, and up-to-date general reference on the culture and customs of Somalia, written by a native Somali. Series: Cultures and Customs of the World. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
Somalia, the Horn of Africa nation, is finally recovering from recent wars and famine. Written by a native Somali, Culture and Customs of Somalia gives students and interested readers an in-depth look at the land and people, past and present. It is the only accessible, comprehensive, and up-to-date general reference on this country. Somalia was once colonized by Europeans, but Abdullahi's superb survey, with its historical context, evokes a Somaliland from a Somali viewpoint. This Muslim country has strong pastoral roots and is known as a land of poets with a long oral cultural tradition. Some highlights found herein ... Read more
Somalia, the Horn of Africa nation, is finally recovering from recent wars and famine. Written by a native Somali, Culture and Customs of Somalia gives students and interested readers an in-depth look at the land and people, past and present. It is the only accessible, comprehensive, and up-to-date general reference on this country. Somalia was once colonized by Europeans, but Abdullahi's superb survey, with its historical context, evokes a Somaliland from a Somali viewpoint. This Muslim country has strong pastoral roots and is known as a land of poets with a long oral cultural tradition. Some highlights found herein ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Cultures and Customs of the World
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780313361371
SKU
V9780313361371
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Ref
99-1
About Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi
MOHAMED DIRIYE ABDULLAHI, formerly a journalist in Somalia, is now an independent language consultant and translator in Montreal. He specializes in the language, cultures, and history of the peoples of the Horn of Africa. He has previously published Parlons Somali, a book on the Somali language and culture.
Reviews for Culture and Customs of Somalia
…refreshingly original in its description of aspects of Somali culture and surprisingly parochial in the survey of Somali political history.
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