The Horn of Africa as Common Homeland.The Horn of Africa Horn of Africa, peninsula, NE Africa, opposite the S Arabia Peninsula. Also known as the Somali Peninsula, it encompasses Somalia and E Ethiopia and is the easternmost extension of the continent, separating the Gulf of Aden from the Indian Ocean. as Common Homeland Leenco Lata Wilfrid Laurier University Press Wilfrid Laurier University Press is a university press that is part of the Wilfrid Laurier University. External links
Wilfrid Laurier University Wilfrid Laurier University is a public university located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It also has wing in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. It is named in honour of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the seventh Prime Minister of Canada. , Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L N2L Liquid Nitrogen N2L Newton's Second Law (mechanics) 3C5 088920456X $24.95 www.wlupress.wlu.ca The Horn of Africa as Common Homeland: The State and Self-Determination in the Era of Heightened Globalization is a sober treatise, written with scholarly attention to detail yet addressing an issue of great immediate concern to far more than scholars. Nation-states established among the Horn of Africa have boundaries that were drawn with little regard to the natural and cultural divisions, creating nation-states that have conflicts within and between them in an overlapping pattern. Author Leenco Lata, who has lived in most of the nations of the Horn of Africa between 1978 and 1993 and experienced the conflicts firsthand, draws the conclusion that the Horn needs to adopt multi-dimensional self-determination. Chapters discuss the political history of the Horn since decolonization decolonization Process by which colonies become independent of the colonizing country. Decolonization was gradual and peaceful for some British colonies largely settled by expatriates but violent for others, where native rebellions were energized by nationalism. , inlcuding emerging trends in self-determination, interactive state formation, and the difficulties of nation-building. The Horn of Africa as Common Homeland is vital and timely reading, not only for its identification of severe problems, but for its reasoned, rational, and practical suggestions for solutions. Also highly recommended is Lata's "The Ethiopian State at the Crossroads", a comprehensive study of why transition to democracy did not succeed in Ethiopia. |
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