Granville High School Global Awareness Research

Resources on Somalia

Somalia

African Resources

RESEARCH GUIDES

Studying Africa: A Guide to the Sources   Andersson, Marianne, ed. Studying Africa: A Guide to the Sources, 3rd ed. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2014.

A Guide to Africa on the Internet is a free research-oriented online resources selected by the Nordic Africa Institute’s (NAI) Library staff.  This guide is regularly updated and is a thorough resource to African Studies research.  Nordiska Afrikainstitutet

GENERAL SOURCES

The African Union  The African Union (AU) replaced the Organization of African Unity (1963–2002) in 2002.  AU promotes unity and solidarity of African states, encourages economic development, and endorses international cooperation. 

Africa Bibliography is an authoritative guide to works in African studies published under the auspices of the International African Institute annually since 1984. This online consolidated version brings together every record collected since the bibliography's foundation, producing a rich and interactive resource for all scholars interested in the study of Africa.

CountryWatch database provides country specific background information, current events, global maps, governmental data, and political documents.  This database contains daily news and statistics on cultural, economic, demographic, political, and social topics.

JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, primary sources, and research reports. This database contains resources from the arts, humanities, social sciences, sciences, and other academic fields. JSTOR’s primary source collections include “Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa” and “World Heritage Sites: Africa.”

Selected Articles

Corruption / Split  

Amidst the chaos a small force for stability: Somalia's business community Scopus®

The Political Economy of Military Rule in Somalia   JSTOR Journals

War and famine, peace and light? The economic dynamics of conflict in Somalia 1993–2009.   Complementary Index

Deforestation

Deforestation and Land Degredation in the Ethiopian Highlands: A Strategy for Physical Recovery Project MUSE

The national determinants of deforestation in sub-Saharan Africa  JSTOR Journals

Predictable waves of sequential forest degradation and biodiversity loss spreading from an African city JSTOR Journals

Domestic Violence

Childrearing Discipline and Violence in Developing Countries  JSTOR Journals

Climate Change and Insecurity: Mapping Vulnerability in Africa Project MUSE

Female genital cutting: crossing borders JSTOR Journals

Illiteracy   

Education from the bottom up: UNICEF’s education programme in somalia Scopus®

Education of children of nomadic pastoralists in Somalia: Comparing attitudes and behaviour ScienceDirect

Orality, literacy, and Somali oral poetry.   Humanities International Complete

Poverty

SOMALIA: Agriculture Key To Poverty Reduction. Business Source Complete

Somalia: State Failure, Poverty and Terrorism JSTOR Journals

Somalia’s “Pirate Cycle”: The Three Phases of Somali Piracy JSTOR Journals

Vaccinations

Measles outbreak response among adolescent and adult somali refugees displaced by famine in kenya and ethiopia, 2011.  CINAHL Plus with Full Text

Progress Toward Polio Eradication—Somalia, 1998–2013. Environment Complete

Why have the majority of recent polio cases occurred in countries affected by Islamist militancy? A historical comparative analysis of the political determinants of polio in Nigeria, Somalia, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Syria. Complementary Index

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