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The idea of a comparative look at Emperor Tewodros and Sayyid Muhammad came to me almost impulsively, without forethought or premeditation. This occurred when, due to intervening events, I failed to make it to a conference titled the \"Horn of Africa between History, Law and Politics,\" held in Rome in December 2002. I am the poorer for not participating in a scholastic symposium which, under the leadership of the able and scholarly Professor Irma Taddia, surely would have benefited me greatly.

Samatar examines the context and credibility of Nuruddin Farah's 8th novel, Secrets, the latest evidence of his energy and industrial output. He concludes that Secrets is a fiercely non-Somali novel. Account supporting his contentions are presented.

Bogumil Witalis Andrzejweski was a mild-mannered scholar who became the world's leading authority on Cushitic languages and literature. Andrzejweski was born in Poland of a skin and fur merchant, but extraordinary fate led him to develope a scholastic method that would revolutionize the study or oral literature among many other great pursuits.

Somalia provides the United States with immense opportunities to prove its leadership to small countries. But the intended projection of so large a force rests on some dangerous misconceptions. The first is that Somalia as a country has gone completely to ruin and is under the sway of random violence and mass starvation. In fact, these horrors are occurring only in a limited portion of Somalia, notably in a triangle about the size of Vermont and New Hampshire. It lies between the port of Mogadishu, the capital, and the regions surrounding Baidoa, 150 miles northwest of Mogadishu, and Kismayu, a port 250 miles southwest. The rest of the country is relatively peaceful and well governed by an alliance of traditional elders and local leaders that has re-emerged in the wake of the collapse of the central authority. It is unnecessary and imprudent to intervene in those parts.