Understanding Somalia and Somaliland - Culture, History and Society

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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.

Product details

• Authors: Ioan Lewis, Ioan Lewis
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.07.2011
• EAN: 9780199326815
• ISBN: 978-0-19-932681-5
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Africa / East, East Africa, African History