Abdi Ismail Samatar

1.5k citations
50 papers · 776 indexed · h-index 15
Topics
African history and culture analysis (16 papers)African history and culture studies (9 papers)Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (8 papers)

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Abdi Ismail Samatar

44 papers receiving 584 citations

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Abdi Ismail Samatar
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  • Sociology and Political Science 434
  • Political Science and International Relations 276
  • Anthropology 180
  • Development 106
  • General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 80
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All Works

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Destiny Worse than Artificial Borders in Africa: Somali Elite Politics
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Transition and Leadership: An Editorial
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Continuity in US Foreign Policy in Africa: Antithesis of Freedom & Democracy.
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Somalia's Post-Conflict Economy: A Political Economy Approach
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Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, US warlordism & AU shame
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The miracle of Mogadishu
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International Crisis Group Report on Somaliland: An Alternative Somali Response
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Leaf of Allah: Khat and Agricultural Transformation in Harerge, Ethiopia 1875-1991
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Ethiopian Ethnic Federalism and Regional Autonomy: The Somali Test
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Review of Leaf of Allah: Khat & Agricultural Transformation in Harerge, Ethiopia 1875- 1991 by Ezakiel Gebissa
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Somalis as Africa's First Democrats: Premier Abdieazak H. Hussein and President Aden A. Osman
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La Destrucion De L'Etat Et La Societe Somalienne: Au-dela de la Convention Tribale
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Somali Tradition, Peripheral Capitalism and the Politics of Development
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Somali Studies: Towards an Alternative Epistemology
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The Political Economy of Livestock Marketing in Somalia
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The state, peasants and pastoralists : agrarian change and rural development in Northern Somalia, 1884-1984
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The Predatory State and the Peasants: Some Reflections on Rural Development Policy in Somalia
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About Abdi Ismail Samatar

Abdi Ismail Samatar is a scholar working on Anthropology, Industrial relations and Development, having authored 50 papers that have together received 776 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include African history and culture analysis (16 papers), African history and culture studies (9 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Development (106 citations), Anthropology (180 citations) and Political Science and International Relations (276 citations). Abdi Ismail Samatar has collaborated with scholars based in United States and South Africa. Frequent co-authors include Kenneth Good, James Cobbe, Jim Glassman, Ahmed I. Samatar, Francis Owusu, Crawford Young, Sophie Oldfield, Ding Fei, Chuan Liao and Leila M. Harris. Their work appears in journals such as World Development, Progress in Human Geography and Economic Geography.

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