Free Milk And Peace, Drought And War: Somali Culture, Society, And Politics: Essays In Honour Of I.M. Lewis Depicted By Markus Hoehne Displayed In Digital

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I, M. Lewis, anthropologist and historian, is the greatest scholar of Somalia, This volume of established and emerging scholars reviews research by Lewis and others on Somali and Somaliland, advancing new, groundbreaking methods and topics, These include: the impact of colonial powers, such as Britain and Italy Somali poetic heritage and its relationship with politics variations between northern/pastoral and southern/agropastoral populations within Somali culture the significance of clanship, including its influence on livestock trading networks the origin and nature of Somali total genealogy the country's political future following the breakdown of the centralized state and the role of the Somali diaspora.
Chapters explain spirit possession cults, the study of which Lewis helped to establish, and the intricacies of Somali language, names, and terms of kinship, A thorough introductrion details

Lewis's career and the extent of his legacy after five decades of scholarship, .