The mayor of Mogadishu : a story of chaos and redemption in the ruins of Somalia / Andrew Harding.

• Scope and content: "In The Mayor of Mogadishu, one of the BBC's most experienced foreign correspondents, Andrew Harding, reveals the tumultuous life of Mohamoud 'Tarzan' Nur--an impoverished nomad who was abandoned in a state orphanage in newly independent Somalia, and became a street brawler and activist. When the country collapsed into civil war and anarchy, Tarzan and his young family became part of an exodus, eventually spending twenty years in north London. But in 2010 Tarzan returned, as mayor, to the unrecognizable ruins of a city now almost entirely controlled by the Islamist militants of Al Shabab. For many in Mogadishu, and in the diaspora, Tarzan became a galvanizing symbol of courage and hope for Somalia. But for others, he was a divisive thug, who sank beneath the corruption and clan rivalries that continue, today, to threaten the country's revival. The Mayor of Mogadishu is a rare an insider's account of Somalia's unraveling, and an intimate portrayal of one family's extraordinary journey"-- 

Ämnesord

Politiska förhållanden  (sao)

Återuppbyggnad efter krig  (sao)

Families 

Immigrants 

Mayors 

Nomads 

Orphans 

Political activists 

Politics and government 

Somalis 

Bürgerkrieg 

Wiederaufbau 

Politiker 

Biography 

Mayors  -- Somalia -- Biography

Nomads  -- Somalia -- Biography

Orphans  -- Somalia -- Biography

Political activists  -- Somalia -- Biography

Somalis  -- England -- Biography

Immigrants  -- England -- Biography

Postwar reconstruction  (lcsh)

Somalia  (sao)

Mogadischu 

Mogadishu (Somalia)  -- Politics and government -- 21st century

Mogadishu (Somalia)  -- Biography

England  -- London

Somalia  -- Mogadishu

2000-2099 

Genre

Biografier  (saogf)

Personnamn

Nur, Mohamoud, 1956- -- Family

Klassifikation

967.73 (DDC)

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