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Understanding Somali political culture: Clan Politics and Power struggling

2019

The power competition between clan lines in Somalia weakened any other effort that directed genuine state-building from grassroots that works effectively. As long as this competition is exist none clan will able to take full control of state as well as the country could not be stable. In addition contextually running political power is not more legitimate and it could certain extent produce some intra-communal conflict. Moreover, it is likely that power competition is seemingly a triangle simply because Digil-mirifle given by "Parliament Speaker" as quota for those remained are not unanimous the power sharing approach even the Isaak's parliament seats and cabinet are underestimated regardless of their population size and what they are in the country by far. Nevertheless, Banadiri clans and ethnic minorities are also underrepresented. In that respect this paper demonstrating how Somalia's political dispensation is usually unfair and marginalized some groups even major clans like Isaak.

Representation of Somali Clannism in Nomad Diaries: Life, War, and America by Yasmeen Maxamuud

2021

Clannism is the most important issue that has played a great role in shaping all aspects of life in Somalia. Yet, it has received little attention by scholars, policy makers, and writers who concern with Somalia: its history, culture, life, civil war, state failure, and peace-building. Therefore, the

Origins of Somali Clans Mohameddeq Ali Abdi

27 Jul, 2024

The aim of this essay is to outline an understanding of the origins of Somali clans. Somali is commonly referred to as a "clan society" and generates much attention globally, including in the academic literature. Yet, there is very little coherent understanding of the origins of clans despite many excellent works on specific aspects of the clan phenomenon. In attempting to provide an analytical overview of this phenomenon, it is important to identify this lack of consensus.

Methodological misjudgements: The myth of clan cleansing in Somalia

2016

This article explores recent controversial and flawed book, Clan cleansing in Somalia: The ruinous legacy of 1991 by Kapteijns (2013) and, by closely assessing through critical and content analysis, reveals how and why the book is a new myth in the making (Malkki, 1995). Using fictional works (novels) as a basis to construct a non-fiction work, Kapteijns uses violence as a tool to arrest the political opponents of the clan with which she affiliates herself by turning to literature on the anthropology of violence. The article argues that Kapteijns’s book fails to offer a backdrop on how the ‘cleansing’ was evolved in the first place. The article contributes to the knowledge of African conflicts in general and of Somali conflicts in particular. Its purpose is threefold; first, it critiques the methodology used to analyse the 1991 clan convulsions by interrogating the aims and objectives of the author. Second, it examines and clearly articulates the ‘where’ and ‘why’ of the 1991, with ...