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Special collection: Pirates, preachers and politics: Security, religion and networks along the African Indian Ocean coast. Guest editors: Preben Kaarsholm, Jeremy Prestholdt and Jatin Dua

Understanding al-Shabaab: clan, Islam and insurgency in Kenya

David M. AndersonHistory Department, University of Warwick, Coventry, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 536-557 | Received 08 Dec 2014, Accepted 06 Aug 2015, Published online: 23 Sep 2015

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