Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Lewis and the Remaining Challenges in Somali Studies / Virginia Luling -- PART I: THE COLONIAL PERIOD AND TODAY -- Reflectio ns 1943-63 / John Drysdale -- Benign Neglect versus La Grande Somalia: the Colonial Legacy and the Post-colonial Somali State / Gerard Pruni er -- PART II: CLAN POLITICS, PASTORAL ECONOMY AND CHANGE -- Speculati ons on the Historical Origins of the 'Total Somali Genealogy' / Lee V. Cassanelli -- Trade, Lineages, Inequalities: Twists in the Northern Somali Path to Modernity / Luca Ciabarri -- The Question of Ethnicity i n Somali Studies: The Case of Somali Bantu Identity / Ken Menkhaus -- The Political Anthropology of 'Pastoral Democracy': Scope and Limitati ons of a PoliticaL Ecology -- Marcel Djama -- PART III: ISLAM -- Polit ical Islam in Somali History / Hussein M. Adam -- Women, Islamists and the Military Regime in Somalia: The New Family Law and its Implicatio ns / Abdurahman M. Abdullahi (Baadiyow) -- PART IV: SPIRIT POSSESSION -- Spirits and the Human World in Northern Somalia / Marja Tiilikainen -- A Saar Gaamuri in Somalia: Spirit Possession as Expression of Wome n's Autonomy? / Anita Adam --PART V: POETRY -- Somalia: A Nation's Lit erary Death Tops Its Political Demise / Said S. Samatar -- The Politic s of Poetry in the Horn of Africa: a Case Study in Macro-level and Mi cro-level Tradition / John William Johnson -- Virtual Geminates in the Metre of Somali Poetry / Mohamed Hashi Dhama'Gaarriye' -- Cabdillahi Suldaan Maxamed Timocadde (1920-1973): The Man with the Roaring Voice, Looking like a Lion / Boobe Yusuf Duale -- PART VI: CULTURAL VARIATION S -- Language Marginalisation, Ethnic Nationalism, and Cultural Crisis in Somalia / Mohamed Haji Mukhtar -- Farmers from Arabia: the Role of Gibil Cad Groups in the Interior of Southern Somalia / Virginia Lulin g -- PART VII: LANGUAGE -- The Structure of Coordination in Somali / A nnarita Puglielli -- Somali (Nick)Names and their Meanings / Axmed Cab dullahi Duaale -- PART VIII: CONCLUSION -- Reflections on the Somali S tate: What Went Wrong and Why it might not Matter / Sally Healy -- The Social Anthropologist as Historian: Ioan Lewis as Chronicler of Somal ia / Charles Geshekter -- Published Works of Ioan M. Lewis.