The Country that Does Not Exist
A History of Somaliland
By Gérard Prunier · 2021
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- About this editionISBN: 9781787382039, 1787382036Page count: 279Published: 2021Format: HardcoverPublisher: HurstLanguage: EnglishAuthor: Gérard PrunierCreate CitationTable of contentsThe 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.
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Source: PublisherMore about this editionShow lessGet bookBuy DigitalThis editionAny editionNo results for this editionBorrowEdit locationCancelCheck availability at libraries near youNo matching city or zip codeOther editions2020Apr 2021Feb 12, 2026C. Hurst (Publishers) LimitedHurstC. Hurst (Publishers) LimitedebookebookPaperback279 pages279 pages296 pagesCommon terms and phrasesAbdiAbdirahman TuurAbdullahi YusufAdadleyAdanAddis AbabaAdenAfricaAhmedalliesArabarmedarmyarrestedattackAwdalAydidbecameBerberaBoramaborderBritish SomalilandBura'ocivilciviliansclan familyclanicColonelcolonialconferenceconflictcoupcultureDarooddevelopedDhulbahantediplomaticDjiboutiEritreanEthiopianfightersfightingforcesforeignformerGaddabursiMore terms and phrasesShow lessAbout the workOriginally published: 2021Subject: Clans -- History -- 20th century -- Somalia, Decolonization -- History -- 20th century -- Somalia, History / Africa / General, Political Science / General, Somalia -- History -- 1960-1991 -- Politics and government -- Social conditions -- 1960- -- Foreign relations, History / Africa / East, History / Social History, Political Science / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & PatriotismSee moreAuthorGérard PrunierFrench historianGérard Prunier is a renowned historian of contemporary Africa, author of, inter alia, the acclaimed The Rwanda Crisis: History of a Genocide and editor of Understanding Contemporary Ethiopia, both published by Hurst.Search Gérard PrunierMore by authorAfrica's World WarCongo, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Making of a Continental CatastropheBy Gerard PrunierThe Rwandan genocide sparked a horrific bloodbath that swept across sub-Saharan Africa, ultimately leading to the deaths of some four million people. In this extraordinary history of the recent wars ...The Rwanda CrisisHistory of a GenocideBy Gérard PrunierIn the spring of 1994 the tiny African nation of Rwanda exploded onto the international media stage, as internal strife reached genocidal proportions. But the horror that unfolded before our eyes had ...DarfurA 21st Century GenocideBy Gérard PrunierPraise for the 2005 Edition: "A passionate and highly readable account of the current tragedy that combines intimate knowledge of the region's history, politics, and sociology with a telling cynicism ...More booksPublisherHurstSearch Hurst
