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      Khatt& the realities of Somalis: historic, social, household, political & economic

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            This article presents a brief review of khatt; a macro analysis of its roles in the Republic of Somaliland; briefer sketches of divergences of roles in other Somali heartland territories and Kenya concluding with a speculative section on what might be desirable (for Somalis) ways forward. All of these topics are bedevilled by limited prior research, the special pleading strands in much writing, the difficulty in knowing of or securing much of what is known and written and the intensely emotional context of most discourse. The last is not inherently a bad thing — khattmatters. Half of urban household absolute poverty, of farmer cash income and of female instituted divorces are not matters particularly appropriate for mild, disassociated academic curiosity. However, emotion leading to a rush to unanalysed action, and to inventing ‘symbolic truths’, which have meaning but not analytical veridicality, can be the enemy of, just as much as the catalyst toward, the possible.

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            Review of African Political Economy
            Review of African Political Economy
            0305-6244
            1740-1720
            March 1999
            : 26
            : 79
            : 33-49
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            8704359 Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 26, No. 79, March 1999, pp. 33-49
            10.1080/03056249908704359
            02bb7efa-683f-448f-b568-61fd9a1db5fe

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            Sociology,Economic development,Political science,Labor & Demographic economics,Political economics,Africa

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