A short insight into this troubled land and sub-titled:
Somalia's long civil war and political fragmentation define the country to the world. Yet the society also contains potent resources of allegiance and solidarity, says the doyen of Somali studies, Ioan M Lewis.
Link:http://www.opendemocracy.net/ioan-m-...d-and-politics

The author Ioan Lewis is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, London School of Economics.