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Chapter 4 examines the process of reconciliation and peacemaking in Somaliland and the role of the Somali National Movement in state building. It also explores the contribution of the elders in peace and reconciliation conferences and the symbolic function of venue in grassroots peacebuilding.
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Personal recollections of the writer as founding member of the SNM.
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Yusuf Duale (Bobe), A. (2017). Reconciliation and Peacemaking: The Somali National Movement and the Somaliland Experience of State Building. In: Bereketeab, R. (eds) State Building and National Identity Reconstruction in the Horn of Africa . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39892-1_4
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