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Title:Anti-Colonialism and Class Formation: The Eastern Horn of Africa before 1950
Author:Geshekter, Charles L.
Year:1985
Periodical:International Journal of African Historical Studies
Volume:18
Issue:1
Pages:1-32
Language:English
Geographic term:Northeast Africa
Subjects:Somali
class formation
nation
colonialism
nationalism
Politics and Government
History and Exploration
Inter-African Relations
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/217972
Abstract:The conflict of Ethiopian claims to the Somali-inhabited Ogaden is rooted in the specific conditions of a region where an African empire and an African nation pursue irreconcilable objectives. Ethiopian rulers vow to maintain the territorial integrity of their empire-state and repudiate the notion that Somali-speaking people, regardless of their current jurisdiction, should be allowed the right of self-determination. Somalis insist that empirical criteria, not the juridical ones preferred by Ethiopia, objectively establish the socio-economic and cultural orientation of the Ogaden Somalis that forms the basis for their nationalist identification with Somalia. This article attempts to explain why Somalis persistently refuse to accept Ethiopian claims to the Ogaden. The article also highlights the role of the Somali petit-bourgeoisie in helping to establish political organizations. Somali class structure and class formation in a Somali pastoralist economy is studied and explained by drawing from orally transmitted materials for historical reconstruction. Map, notes, tab.
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