 | Clan Cleansing in Somalia: The Ruinous Legacy of 1991 Subjects: Somalia -- Politics and government -- 1960–1991; Somalia -- Politics and government -- 1991–; Clans -- Somalia -- History -- 20th century; Clans -- Somalia -- History -- 21st century; Politics and literature -- Somalia -- History -- 20th century; Politics; Clan Cleansing in Somalia deals with the transformative violence that helped cause the collapse of the Somali state in 1991. Kapteijns argues that public acknowledgment of the clan cleansing of this period is indispensable to social and moral repair and to the critical memory work required from Somalis on all sides of this conflict. Lidwien Kapteijns is Kendall Hodder Professor of History at Wellesley College. |
