Understanding the Somalia Conflagration: Identity, Islam and Peacebuilding

A timely, topically urgent and well-written book that adds much to the literature on Somali studies. It should benefit students and researchers in all areas of the social and educational sciences, and it could influence policy development in the Somali context, and perhaps other parts of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Excellent ... Elmi gets right to the heart of what makes Somalia a failed state and what the prerequisites are for sustainable peacebuilding to take root. This is a must-read for anyone concerned about the plight of the Horn of Africa and the fate of Somalia.