Clan Cleansing in Somalia: The Ruinous Legacy of 1991

by Lidwien Kapteijns

Book Overview

In 1991, certain political and military leaders in Somalia, wishing to gain exclusive control over the state, mobilized their followers to use terror--wounding, raping, and killing--to expel a vast number of Somalis from the capital city of Mogadishu and south-central and southern Somalia. Manipulating clan sentiment, they succeeded in turning ordinary civilians against neighbors, friends, and coworkers. Although this episode of organized communal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812223195
• ISBN13: 9780812223194
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"