Making Sense of Somali History by Abdurahman Abdullahi

Making Sense of Somali History by Abdurahman Abdullahi

In the last three decades, Somalia has been associated with such horrible terms as 'state collapse', 'civil wars', 'foreign intervention', 'warlordism', 'famine', 'piracy' and 'terrorism'. This depiction was in contradiction to its earlier images as the cradle of the human race, the kernel of ancient civilizations, the land of Punt, a homogeneous nation-state and the first democratic state in Africa. So how did things fall apart in the country?

This Volume 1 of a two-volume narrative, Dr. Abdullahi explores the history of the people of Somali peninsula since ancient times, the advent of Islam and colonialism, the rise and fall of Somali nationalism and the perspectives of the Somali state collapse. The book uses a unique thematic approach and analysis to make sense of Somali history by emphasizing the responsibility of Somali political elites in creating and perpetuating the disastrous conditions in their country.

Abdullahi, Abdurahman: - Abdurahman Abdullahi (Baadiyow) was born in 1954 in Somalia. He combines rare skills of being a high ranking military officer (1971-1986) with being an electronic engineer, Islamic scholar and socio-political activist. He obtained MA and PhD in Modern Islamic History from the Islamic Institute, McGill University, Canada. He is one of the founders of the Mogadishu University and was a presidential candidate in the 2012 election in Somalia. Currently, Dr. Abdullahi is the vice-chairman of the National Forum Party. Besides his political career and socio-political activism, Dr. Abdullahi is a prominent Islamic scholar and has participated in many academic conferences and published several academic papers, book chapters and general articles in Arabic, Somali and English languages. He is the author of the highly regarded book The Islamic Movement in Somalia: A Study of the Islah Movement, 1950-2000(2015, London, Adonis & Abbey Publishers).

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ISBN 13	9781909112988
ISBN 10	1909112984
Title	Making Sense of Somali History
Author	Abdurahman Abdullahi
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Adonis & Abbey Publishers
Year published	2018-06-08
Number of pages	298
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