Somalia’s isbaaro

Table of Contents

• ISBAARO CHECKPOINTS AND WORLD-MAKING BEYOND THE STATE 1
• Acknowledgements 2
• Roadblocks and revenues Roadblocks and revenues 2
• Abdirahman Edle Jethro Norman Peer Schouten DIIS Working Paper series Roadblocks and revenues 06 Isbaaro Checkpoints and world-making beyond the state 2
• ISBAARO CHECKPOINTS AND WORLD-MAKING BEYOND THE 3
• STATE 3
• TABLE OF CONTENTS 4
• ABSTRACT 5
• INTRODUCTION 6
• TRADE KINSHIP AND CHECKPOINTS 9
• Long-distance trade and kinship 9
• Checkpoints and collective identity formation 10
• Struggles over clan capital 11
• THE LONGUE DURÉE OF EMBEDDING TRADE IN KINSHIP 12
• Abanship converting the caravan trade into clan capital 12
• From colonialism to the isbaaro wars 14
• TWILIGHT CHECKPOINTS 16
• KINSHIP BARRIERS AND BROKERAGE 21
• CONCLUSION 26
• REFERENCES 28