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Abstract
The authors of this chapter scrutinize the processes and practices that shape the governance of cross-border trading within Somali East Africa. Focusing on livestock, sugar, charcoal, electronics, and other goods traded across the Somali-Ethiopian and Somali-Kenyan borders, the chapter analyzes the shifting roles of state and state-like authorities in regulating, facilitating, and interrupting the circulation of goods. The chapter highlights how Somali traders and a host of other actors along the Berbera and Kismayo corridors have specialized in maintaining the flow of goods, releasing them when they encounter friction(s), and putting them back into circulation.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Trade Makes States : Governing the Greater Somali Economy |
Editors | Tobias Hagmann, Finn Stepputat |
Number of pages | 20 |
Place of Publication | London |
Publisher | Hurst Publishers |
Publication date | May 2023 |
Edition | 1 |
Pages | 125-144 |
Chapter | 6 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781787387058 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781805260905 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - May 2023 |
Series | African Arguments |
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Keywords
- Borderlands
- Governance
- Somali territories
- Trade
- state-making
- Trade operators
- Somaliland
- Somalia
- Kenya
- Trade governance
- Circulation
- Ethiopia
- Cross-border trading
Projects
- 1 Finished
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GOVSEA: Governing Economic Hubs and Flows in Somali East Africa
Rasmussen, J. (Project participant)
01/01/2014 → 31/05/2017
Project: Research