Cover -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Selected Dates -- 1 Leadership in Africa -- 2 Aden A. Osman: From Orphan to Nationalist Leader -- 3 Abdirazak H. Hussen: From Camel Boy to Freedom Fighter -- 4 The Somali Youth League and the Nationalist Project, 1943-1960 -- 5…
Leadership in Africa -- Aden A. Osman : from orphan to nationalist leader -- Abdirazak H. Hussen : from camel boy to freedom fighter -- The Somali youth league and the nationalist project, 1943-1960 -- The first republic : institutional foundations of democracy, 1960-1964 -- The…
"Abdi Ismail Samatar provides a clear and foundational history of Somalia at the dawn of the country’s independence when Africa’s first democrats appeared. While many African countries were dominated by authoritarian rulers when they entered the postcolonial era―and scholars hav…
Abdi Ismail Samatar provides a clear and foundational history of Somalia at the dawn of the country's independence when Africa's first democrats appeared. While many African countries were dominated by authoritarian rulers when they entered the postcolonial era'and scholars have…