{"product_id":"clan-cleansing-in-somalia-9780812223194","title":"Clan Cleansing in Somalia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClan 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The best book about recent events in Somalia is undoubtedly \u003ci\u003eClan Cleansing in Somalia\u003c\/i\u003e, by Lidwien Kapteijns, a must-read for anyone wanting to unravel the complicated nature of our civil war.\" * Nuruddin Farah, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" * \u003ci\u003eWorld Peace Foundation\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"A brilliant book that reopens some of the central questions of Somali history and politics in a compelling manner.\" * \u003ci\u003eJournal of African History\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote on Transliteration\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Speaking the Unspeakable: Somali Poets and Novelists on Civil War Violence\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Historical Background to the Violence of State Collapse\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Clan Cleansing in Mogadishu and Beyond\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. The Why and How of Clan Cleansing: Political Objectives and Discursive Means\u003cbr\u003e Timeline of Major Events\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Name Index\u003cbr\u003e Subject Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865979629911,"sku":"9780812223194","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812223194.jpg?v=1722276477","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/clan-cleansing-in-somalia-9780812223194","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}