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Title: | Special issue: The Horn of Africa between history, law, and politics |
Editor: | Guazzini, Federica |
Year: | 2003 |
Periodical: | Northeast African Studies (ISSN 0740-9133) |
Volume: | 10 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | 288 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Northeast Africa Italy |
Subjects: | colonial history political change conference papers (form) 2002 |
External link: | http://muse.jhu.edu/issue/14066 |
Abstract: | The goal of the international conference 'The Horn of Africa between history, law, and politics', held in Rome in December 2002, was to explore the historical meanings of the Italian presence in the region and to reflect on the contemporary political situation. The articles in this issue are derived from papers presented at this conference. Introductions by the guest editor and the conference organizers (Tekeste Negash, Massimo Papa, Irma Taddia), are followed by articles on colonialism (part 1) and after (part 2): Haile Sellassie and Italians, 1941-1943 (Harold G. Marcus), Genius as madness: King Tewodros of Ethiopia and Sayyid Muhammad of Somalia in comparative perspective (Said S. Samatar); The low-caste Fuga occupational group under the Italian administration in the Horn of Africa (Teclehaimanot Gebreselassie); Dynamics of intermingling gender and slavery in Somalia at the turn of the twentieth century (Francesca Declich); Identity and contemporary representations: the heritage of Alberto Pollera's monograph 'I Baria e i Kunama' (1913) (Gianni Dore); Colonial justice, crime, and social stratification in the 'native quarters' of colonial Asmara, 1890-1941: preliminary insights from the court records of the indigenous tribunal of Hamasien (Francesca Locatelli); The Horn of Africa: between history and politics (Donald Crummey); Italy and the Horn of Africa: colonial legacies and challenges in the age of globalization (Bereket Habte Selassie); National identity and historical mythology in Eritrea and Somaliland (Patrick Gilkes); Ghosts of the 'Mesafint': contemplating conflict in Eritrean-Ethiopian history (Richard Reid); Recycling Somalia from the scrap merchants of Mogadishu (I.M. Lewis); Some considerations on State building in divided societies and the role of the 'international community': Somaliland and Somalia compared (Federico Battera); The constitutional transitions in the Horn of Africa: problematic balancing among traditional, religious, and liberal values (Valeria Piergigli); Peace, education, and economic development in Somaliland (Edna Adan Ismail); The future political order for the federal States of Somalia (Mohamed Abbas Sufi). [ASC Leiden abstract] |