Contributing Editors

Mahamed Dahir Afrah
Director of Somali PEN

Mohammad H. Ali
Professor of African History, Georgia State University

Edmond Keller
Professor of Political Science, University of California -- Los Angeles

David Laitin
Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Muddathir Abdel-Rahim
Professor of Political Science and Islamic Studies, International Institute of Islamic Thought & Civilization, Malaysia

Alberto Sbacchi
Professor of History, Atlantic Union College
South Lancaster, MA

Mohamed K. S. Takar
Poet and Freelance Writer

Gebru Tareke
Professor of History, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Geneva, NY

Editorial Advisory Board

Richard Hayward
Emeritus Professor of Ethiopian Linguistic Studies
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Bernd Heine
Emeritus Professor of Cushitic Studies and Director of African Studies,
University of Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany

Asmarom Legesse
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Swarthmore College

I.M. Lewis
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science,
London, England

Berekett Hapte Selassie
Professor of African Studies Department of African and Afro-American Studies,
Professor of Law, School of Law
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina


	Contributing Editors Mahamed Dahir Afrah Director of Somali PEN Mohammad H. Ali Professor of African History, Georgia State University Edmond Keller Professor of Political Science, University of California -- Los Angeles David Laitin Professor of Political Science, Stanford University Stanford, CA Muddathir Abdel-Rahim Professor of Political Science and Islamic Studies, International Institute of Islamic Thought & Civilization, Malaysia Alberto Sbacchi Professor of History, Atlantic Union College South Lancaster, MA Mohamed K. S. Takar Poet and Freelance Writer Gebru Tareke Professor of History, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY Editorial Advisory Board Richard Hayward Emeritus Professor of Ethiopian Linguistic Studies School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Bernd Heine Emeritus Professor of Cushitic Studies and Director of African Studies, University of Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany Asmarom Legesse Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Swarthmore College I.M. Lewis Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, England Berekett Hapte Selassie Professor of African Studies Department of African and Afro-American Studies, Professor of Law, School of Law University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina