BLOOD AND BONE: The Call Of Kinship In Somali Society Simon Spotlight In an era when poverty

In an era when poverty is growing and national social programs are threatened

Many watched their parents and grandparents play by the rules

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I let the abandoned and ambitious adolescent have her say

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BLOOD AND BONE: The Call Of Kinship In Somali Society Simon Spotlight In an era when povertyIn Somali political culture, clan solidarity is represented by the evocative symbols of blood and bone immutable natural endowments inherent in kinship traced through the father in the male line. This book explores the extraordinary persistence and resilience of these age old loyalties. Grounded in the traditional life of the pastoral nomad, kinship is a multipurpose resource, the basis of the individual's social, political and economic security.