Every Man a Sultan
Indigenous Responses to the Somalia Crisis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11051595 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Walker (0000-0002-3421-9751), Jeffery T Walker (0000-0003-3581-3485, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 1995 |
| Issue | 103 |
| Pages | 163-172 |
| Publication date | 1995-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Telos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-6514 • E-ISSN: 1940-459X |
| Publisher | Telos Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3817/0395103163 |
| OpenAlex | W2062476995 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
In 1910, a British colonial official travelling through what is now Somalia asked an African companion who the people he saw around him were. "Somalis," replied the African: "They no good; each man his own sultan." In most media accounts of the Somalia crisis, the idea individualistic Somalis are "no good," at least in so far as governing themselves is concerned, has been a recurring theme. This was the ultimate rationale for Operation Restore Hope. In the chaos of clan warfare, it was argued, only an external power could restore order. A gritty picture was painted of maniacal gangsters killing each other (and everyone else) in the streets of Mogadishu, stealing eight-tenths of the food shipped in by relief workers, eradicating all civic order
Business · Clan · Colonialism · Criminology · Indigenous · Individualism · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Power (physics · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2019 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |