"By far the most penetrating of the works on Somali history and contemporary events.... Lewis is probably the only foreign social scientist ever to have won acknowledgment, if not always approval, among the critically minded Somali intellectuals and politicians. I have never lectured on Somalia with Somalis present without being reminded by them to consult his works."--Bernard Helander, Africa
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"By far the most penetrating of the works on Somali history and contemporary events.... Lewis is probably the only foreign social scientist ever to have won acknowledgment, if not always approval, among the critically minded Somali intellectuals and politicians. I have never lectured on Somalia with Somalis present without being reminded by them to consult his works."--Bernard Helander, Africa
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