Explores the extraordinary resilience of clan structures in Somali society. Index, refs, notes, diags, maps, 256pp, USA. RED SEA PRESS, 0932415938

Examines the social and living sources of Somali camel poetry. The English translation of Suugaanta Geela. 95pp, SWEDEN. NORDIC AFRICA INSTITUTE,

General reference on the culture and customs of Somalia, written by a native Somali. Includes history; religion and thought; literature, drama, and media; art, architecture and housing; cuisine and traditional dress; gender roles, marriage, and family; social customs and lifestyle, and music and dance. B/w ill, notes, bib, xix, 198pp USA. GREENWOOD, 0313313334

An examination of the role of literature in the shaping of Somali nationalism and its recent disintegration. The author looks at both written and oral forms, referring to prose fiction, Nuruddin Farah's novels, Somali theatre and poetic duels, and the liberating role of orature and cassete culture in Somali society. Index, notes, bib, 176pp, USA. RED SEA PRESS.

The first critical anthology on the Somali novelist collecting work by a variety of scholars from Africa, Australia, Europe and North America highlighting the many readings that Farah's work has evoked. Issues discussed include the family and the state, the oral tradition, dictatorship, post modernism, his use of allegory and symbolism and his literary influences. Index, bib, notes, xxvii, 768pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

A new edition of the 1974 work investigating the origins and development of this genre of sung poetry among Somalis. Traces the heello movement from its origins as a youth culture of romance and later development as an expression of political protest in the pre independence period. Includes texts in Somali, translations, and notes on forms of names. Index, xxiii, bib, 241pp, UK. HAAN ASSOCIATES PUBLISHING, 1874209812

A study of frankincense in northern Somalia and Somaliland looking at its ownership, its production, marketing conditions of production, uses, and its associations in poetry and politics. Includes the Somali texts of the translated poems in the study. Bib, tables, xiv, 142pp, SWEDEN. E P O S.

1994 9150610104 Paperback

Offers a comprehensive overview of scholarship on Somalia and Somaliland, one that transcends the usual boundaries and presents readers with a timely, incisive and compelling introduction to Somali culture, history and politics. An introduction describes I.M. Lewis' career and discusses the legacy of over fifty years of his scholarship, assessing its impact on Somali society's view of itself and those of the academic and policy communities. 416pp, UK. HURST.

A Revised and enlarged edition. A comprehensive study of the novels of Nuruddin Farah. The author examines the sources of his unique style such as Somalian oral traditions, Islamic and Arabic writing as well as the influences of Modernist and Postmodernist fiction. The second edition has additional chapters on Secrets and on Farah's work on refugees. Bib, notes, 212pp, GERMANY. BAYREUTH A S, 3927510858

2004 1994 Paperback

The universal act of dressing -- shared by both men and women, young and old, rich and poor, minority and majority -- has shaped human interactions, communicated hopes and fears about the future, and embodied what it means to be Somali. Heather Marie Akou mines politics and history in this rich and compelling study of Somali material culture. Akou explores the evolution of Somali folk dress, the role of the Somali government in imposing styles of dress, competing forms of Islamic dress, and changes in Somali fashion in the U.S. With the collapse of the Somali state, Somalis continue a connection with their homeland and community through what they wear every day. 200pp, USA. INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Brings together in a single volume the author's collected material on characteristics of popular Islam among the Somali of the Horn of Africa, focusing on the tension between mystical and ritualistic interpretations. Index, bib, notes, apps, xviii, 174pp, UK. HAAN.

A guide and information booklet for teachers and professional working with Somali parents and children. A4 format. b/w illus. 20pp. UK. LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS.

2001 1873928416 A4 PAMPHLET

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Since 2003, photographer Abdi Roble and writer Doug Rutledge have been documenting the lives of Somali immigrants in the United States and of the people forced into the vast refugee camps that were set up in Kenya in the wake of the 1991 civil war in Somalia. This photo essay traces the journey of the family of Abdisalem, his wife Ijabo, and their three daughters as they struggle to survive in Dadaab Refugee Camp before being relocated first to Anaheim, California, where they barely make ends meet, and then to Portland, Maine. In addition, the book portrays life in two of the largest Somali communities in the United States - Minneapolis and Columbus, Ohio. 176pp, USA. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS.

There has been a Somali community in Wales for over 100 years. This collection of portraits of Somali elders is the first in a series of initiatives attempting to document this largely unseen history. The portraits are accompanied by brief biographies the sitters and a longer description of the history of the Somali presence in Wales. Also includes a dialogue between the author and the photographer. 191pp, UK. BUTETOWN HISTORY AND ARTS CENTRE, 1898317135

Written by a leading authority on Somalia, this succinct volume highlights the salient aspects of the history and culture of the Somali people, distilling for the non-specialist in a readily accessible form Ioan Lewis's extensive scholarship on all things Somali. Addresses developments in the Somali political region since the collapse of the Republic in 1991, including accounts of the functioning and democratic state of Somaliland, which still awaits international recognition, of the various autonomous regions, such as Puntland, and of the Islamist movement that under the banner of the Islamic Courts Union brought a brief but astonishing period of stability to much of Southern Somalia in late 2006. There are also chapters on the urban culture of Benadiri Somalis that illustrate the complexity of what constitutes 'Somaliness'. In early 2007 America and its regional ally, Ethiopia, intervened militarily to install a regime in Mogadishu more to their liking than the allegedly Al Qaeda-influenced Islamic Courts government. This book provides the essential historical and political background to a little-understood culture and people whose predicament continues to hold the world s attention. Index, apps, bib, 139pp, UK. HURST.

A study of Somali oral texts focusing on the information that they provide about Somali women and gender relationships in the region. The author also examines how concepts of tradition and cultural heritage in literature affect women and their verbal art. Index, bib, notes, maps, xiv, 224pp, USA. HEINEMANN INC.

1999 0325001332 Paperback