SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2014 AND THE PADDY POWER POLITICAL
BOOK AWARDS INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BOOK OF THE YEAR. Award-winning
journalist James Fergusson is among the few to have witnessed at
first hand the devastating reality of life in the failed and
desperate state of Somalia. This corner of the world has long been
seen as the rotting and charred heart of Africa: a melting pot of
crime, corruption, poverty, famine and civil war. And in recent
years, whilst Somalia's lucrative piracy industry has grabbed the
headlines, a darker, much deeper threat has come of age: the Al
Qaida-linked militants Al Shabaab, and the dawn of a new phase in
the global war on terror. Yet, paradoxically, Somalia's star is
brightening, as forms of business, law enforcement and local
politics begin to establish themselves, and members of the vast
Somali diaspora return to their homeland. Fergusson takes us to the
heart of the struggle, meeting everyone from politicians, pirates,
extremists and mercenaries to aid workers, civilians and refugees.
He gives a unique account of a country ravaged by war, considers
what the future might hold for a generation who have grown up
knowing little else and exposes the reality of life in this hard,
often forgotten land.
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