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I. M. Lewis, anthropologist and historian, is widely considered to be the greatest researcher to chart the origins and development of Somalia. In this volume, established and emerging scholars review Lewis's work, along with the findings of others, and advance new, groundbreaking methods and unprecedented topics. Contributors tackle the impact of colonial powers, such as Britain and Italy; Somali poetic heritage and its relationship with politics; variations between northern/pastoral and southern/agropastoral populations within Somali culture; the significance of clanship, including its influence on livestock trading networks; the origin and nature of Somali ""total genealogy""; the political future of the country following the breakdown of the centralized state; and the role of the Somali diaspora. Chapters explain ""spirit possession cults,"" the study of which Lewis helped to establish, and the intricacies of Somali language, names, and terms of kinship. A thorough introduction details the trajectory of Lewis's career and the extent of his legacy after five decades of scholarship.

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Milk and Peace, Drought and War contains fascinating insights, useful original research, and puts into perspective the most significant academic controversy in which Lewis has been involved. --Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, ASMEA The contributions to this volume, a timely collection of papers in honor of Ioan Lewis, read like a Who's Who of Somali studies. Markus Hoehne and Virginia Luling have mobilized many reputed scholars for this volume, but far from it being a ritualized homage to its subject, the collection actively engages with Lewis's work. Many of the authors take up the ideas of Lewis, the unquestioned doyen of studies on Somalia, and thereby prove the vitality and continued relevance of his findings to the country's society, politics, and culture. --Gunther Schlee, director, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology [Milk and Peace] succeeds as both a festschrift and also as a set of extraordinary contributions by some of the most notable scholars of Somalia from across the social sciences and humanities. -- Terrence Lyons, Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution, George Mason University, African StudiesReview

Milk and Peace, Drought and War contains fascinating insights, useful original research, and puts into perspective the most significant academic controversy in which Lewis has been involved. --Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, ASMEA The contributions to this volume, a timely collection of papers in honor of Ioan Lewis, read like a Who's Who of Somali studies. Markus Hoehne and Virginia Luling have mobilized many reputed scholars for this volume, but far from it being a ritualized homage to its subject, the collection actively engages with Lewis's work. Many of the authors take up the ideas of Lewis, the unquestioned doyen of studies on Somalia, and thereby prove the vitality and continued relevance of his findings to the country's society, politics, and culture. --Gunther Schlee, director, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology [Milk and Peace] succeeds as both a festschrift and also as a set of extraordinary contributions by some of the most notable scholars of Somalia from across the social sciences and humanities. -- Terrence Lyons, Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution, George Mason University, African Studies Review

Milk and Peace, Drought and War contains fascinating insights, useful original research, and puts into perspective the most significant academic controversy in which Lewis has been involved.--Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, ASMEA The contributions to this volume, a timely collection of papers in honor of Ioan Lewis, read like a Who's Who of Somali studies. Markus Hoehne and Virginia Luling have mobilized many reputed scholars for this volume, but far from it being a ritualized homage to its subject, the collection actively engages with Lewis's work. Many of the authors take up the ideas of Lewis, the unquestioned doyen of studies on Somalia, and thereby prove the vitality and continued relevance of his findings to the country's society, politics, and culture.--G nther Schlee, director, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology [Milk and Peace] succeeds as both a festschrift and also as a set of extraordinary contributions by some of the most notable scholars of Somalia from across the social sciences and humanities. -- Terrence Lyons, Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution, George Mason University, African Studies Review

<br> Milk and Peace, Drought and War contains fascinating insights, useful original research, and puts into perspective the most significant academic controversy in which Lewis has been involved. --Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, ASMEA<p><br> The contributions to this volume, a timely collection of papers in honor of Ioan Lewis, read like a Who's Who of Somali studies. Markus Hoehne and Virginia Luling have mobilized many reputed scholars for this volume, but far from it being a ritualized homage to its subject, the collection actively engages with Lewis's work. Many of the authors take up the ideas of Lewis, the unquestioned doyen of studies on Somalia, and thereby prove the vitality and continued relevance of his findings to the country's society, politics, and culture. --Gunther Schlee, director, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology<p><br>

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Markus V. Hoehne is a PhD candidate at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle/Saale, Germany. His research focuses on identity and conflict in northern Somalia (Somaliland and Puntland) where he conducted 22 months of field research in 2002, 2003-2004, and 2008-2009. He is also part of a research project funded by the European Union on ""Diasporas for Peace"" (DIASPEACE). Virginia Luling studied at Oxford and London and took her PhD in Social Anthropology in 1972. Her field research was done in Afgooye, Somalia. She is Secretary of the Anglo-Somali Society and is working on a history of the Begedi clan.

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