State Building and National Identity Reconstruction in the Horn of Africa

Part I. Context and Concepts

1. Introduction: Challenges of State Building, State Reconstruction and National Identity Reconfiguration
Redie Bereketeab

Part II. Post-Secession State Building: Somaliland, Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan

2. Reconstructing the National State of Somalia: The Role of Traditional Institutions and Authorities
Abdurahman Abdullahi (Baadiyow)

3. Somaliland—Negotiating with Somalia: Is it an Option or a Foreign Imposition?
Nasir M. Ali

4. Reconciliation and Peacemaking: The Somali National Movement and the Somaliland Experience of State Building
Abdirahman Yusuf Duale (Bobe)

5. State Building in the Republic of South Sudan: Challenges and Aspirations
Faiz Omar Mohammad Jamie

6. Borderlands and the Restructuring of Sudan following South Sudan’s Secession
Abdalbasit Saeed

Part III. Reconfiguration of National Identity in Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia and Somaliland

7. Somalia: Reconfiguration of National Identity
Abdurahman Abdullahi (Baadiyow)

8. Crisis of Identity in a Hybrid Polity: The Case of Somaliland
Ali Noor Mohamed

9. Identity Formation in Post-Secession Sudan
Hamed Omer Hawi

10. National Identity Reconfiguration in South Sudan: Strengths and Weaknesses
Dhieu Mathok

11. The Dynamics of National Identity Building in South Sudan
Faiz Omar Mohammad Jamie

12. Conclusion: From Deconstruction to Reconstruction
Redie Bereketeab

Nyckelord: Political Science and International Relations, African Politics, Comparative Politics, Conflict Studies, Peace Studies, Development Studies, Democracy