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This study analyses the basic assumptions which,had informed the construction of the now,discredited Somali myth.,.

This book illustrates how diasporic media can re-create conflict by transporting conflict dynamics and manifesting them back in to diaspora communities. Media,

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This book has, from its first publication, been an essential reference tool for research of any aspect of society, history and culture in this part of Africa. O