Africa's First Democrats

Informationen zum Autor Abdi Ismail Samatar is Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography, Environment, and Society at the University of Minnesota and a research fellow at the University of Pretoria. He is an elected member of the African Academy of Sciences, a former president of the African Studies Association, and a trustee of Mogadishu University. He is the author of four books, including An African Miracle , and more than seventy articles and essays on African development and politics, including "The Dialectics of Piracy in Somalia: The Rich versus the Poor." Klappentext Abdi Ismail Samatar is Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography, Environment, and Society at the University of Minnesota and a research fellow at the University of Pretoria. He is an elected member of the African Academy of Sciences, a former president of the African Studies Association, and a trustee of Mogadishu University. He is the author of four books, including An African Miracle, and more than seventy articles and essays on African development and politics, including "The Dialectics of Piracy in Somalia: The Rich versus the Poor." Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface & Acknowledgments List of Selected Dates 1. Leadership in Africa 2. Aden: From an Orphan to a Nationalist Leader 3. Abdirazak: From Camel Boy to Freedom Fighter 4. The Somali Youth League and the Nationalist Project: 1943-1960 5. The First Republic: Institutional Foundations of Democracy 1960-1964 6. The Second Republic: Democratic Trailblazing 7. The March toward Dictatorship: 1967-1974 8. Conclusion Bibliography Notes Index...

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Abdi Ismail Samatar

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Preface & Acknowledgments
List of Selected Dates

1. Leadership in Africa
2. Aden: From an Orphan to a Nationalist Leader
3. Abdirazak: From Camel Boy to Freedom Fighter
4. The Somali Youth League and the Nationalist Project: 1943-1960
5. The First Republic: Institutional Foundations of Democracy 1960-1964
6. The Second Republic: Democratic Trailblazing
7. The March toward Dictatorship: 1967-1974
8. Conclusion
   Bibliography
   Notes
   Index