State Building and National Identity Reconstruction in the Horn of Africa

PART ONE: Context and Concepts
1. Introduction: The Challenges of State Building, State Reconstruction and National Identity Reconfiguration
Redie Bereketeab
PART TWO: 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. Negotiating with Somalia: Is it an Option or a Foreign Imposition? Nasir M. Ali
4. Reconciliation and Peace-Making: 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 THREE: Reconfiguration of National Identity in Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, and Somaliland
7. Somalia: Reconfigeration of National Identity Abdurahman M. 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: Strength 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