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Modern political movements in Somaliland, I & II
Africa, journal of the International African Institute • 28 (3, 4) • Published In 1958 • Pages: 244-260, 344-362
By: Lewis, I. M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Lewis discusses the background, aims, and activities of political movements among the Somali peoples including those residing in Ethiopia and Kenya. There is also information on Somali political parties and elections. The influence of traditional social organization and Islamic religious order upon the growth of Pan-Somali nationalism is analyzed.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Political movements
- Political parties
- Cultural identity and pride
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Somali
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Robert Lee, Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1959
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1956-1957
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Somalia, Djibouti, southeastern Ethiopia
- NotesAdditional notes
- I. M. Lewis
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 260, p. 362)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29010790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Somalis