The paper analyzes the evolution of forms of power in Somalia between the 19th and 20th centuries, deepening the features of Somali society and the role played by Islamization processes. The events that invest Somalia between the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century are marked by dervishism far more than the development of Sultanism.
Federico Battera, "Dalla tribù allo Stato nella Somalia nord-orientale: il caso dei Sultanati di Hobiyo e Majeerteen, 1880-1930", Trieste, EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2004, pp. 303.
