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My blog is about Africa. It is also about the Middle East and life in general, reflecting over 30 years of work and study in Africa and the Middle East – Come and join me!
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Tag Archives: somalia
Post-War Peace Keeping IN Burundi
Keeping the Peace in Burundi – by Working for Peace in Somalia [First posted Juin 2009, Revised 13 November 2011] Peace negotiations in Burundi have brought together all rebel groups and are associated with the long and complex process known … Continue reading
Cuisines and Crops of Africa, 19th Century – The Limits of Pastoralism as a Lifestyle
[First posted 24 Oct 2009 Revised 04 November 2011] With the Horn of Africa so much in the news now, I am updating and reposting several links that focus on limited resources in the area. Summary: The importance of the relationship … Continue reading
Posted in Africa-East, Breeds of livestock, Colonialism, Cuisine, Environment, Explorers & exploration, fat-Tailed sheep, Food, Horn of Africa, Humanitarian Assistance, John Hanning Speke, Kenya, Livestock, Middle East, Nomadic lifestyle, Pastoralism, Somali, Somalia, Sourcd of the Nile, Swahili coast, Third World, Wild honey
Tagged Africa, East Africa, Horn of Africa, John Hanning Speke, Middle East, Mogadishu, Nile, somali, Somali people, somalia
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Cuisines and Crops of Africa, 19th Century – The Limits of Pastoralism as a Lifestyle
Fakhr Ad-Din Mosque built in the 13th Century in Mogadishu. Photo in 1882. From E.Cerulli, Somalia, Scritti Vari Editi ed Inediti, Vol. 1 Udated: Cuisines and Crops of Africa, 19th Century – The Limits of Pastoralism as a Lifestyle. Related articles Cuisines and … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Agriculture, Côte d'Ivoire, Crops of Africa, Ghana, Mogadishu, Somali people, somalia
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Life and Livestock in the Arid Areas of Somiland, 1850′s (via Dianabuja’s Blog)
Another reposting of a blog about the Horn of Africa. The area has always been very marginal and it seems that today’s Experts who are working on the problems in the Horn would benefit by dipping into its history. When Burton and … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, africa-east, breeds-of-livestock, burton-and-speke, colonialism, Drought, Ethiopia, explorers-exploration, fat-tailed-sheep, food, Horn of Africa, John Hanning Speke, Kenya, livestock, pastoralism, somali, Somali people, somalia, Somaliland, swahili-coast
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