Visible and invisible differences: The Somali paradox

Africa

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 489-515

  Lewis, Ioan M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNOPOLITICS; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; NATIONALISM; STATE BUILDING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOMALIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

SOMALIA;

EID: 22744436452     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2004.74.4.489     Document Type: Article

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