Ioan Lewis
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| Institutions | London School of Economics |
Ioan Myrddin Lewis FBA (January 30, 1930 – March 14, 2014),[1] popularly known as I. M. Lewis, was a professor emeritus of anthropology at the London School of Economics.
Early life and education
Born in Scotland to a Welsh father and a Scottish mother, Lewis lived in Glasgow after the death of his father during his childhood.
He was educated at Glasgow High School before receiving a
Steiner was working on a multi-language bibliography on the Somali, Afar (Danakil), and Saho peoples, a project for the International African Institute. After his death, Lewis completed the task of bringing it to publication.[3]
Career
He was renowned internationally as the foremost scholar on Somali history and culture, on which he has published numerous articles and books. Zitelmann characterized him as "the doyen of 'Somali studies'".[4]
Lewis taught at the
His academic interests in Somalia were broad, including published studies in varied fields:[5]
- Somali and other oral poetry in the Horn of Africa;
- clan, nation, state building and failure in Somalia and beyond;
- types of Islam among the Somali and in sub-Saharan Africa;
- possession cults and ecstatic religions;
- last but not least taking position in general anthropology.
Lewis was not appreciated by the Somali President
He died on 14 March 2014 and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.
Selected bibliography
Books
- Lewis, Ioan (1994). Peoples of the Horn of Africa (Somali, Afar and Saho): North Eastern Africa, Part I. London: Haan Associates. ISBN 9781569021040.
- Lewis, Ioan (2008). Understanding Somalia and Somaliland. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231700849.
- Lewis, Ioan (2003). Ecstatic Religion: A Study of Shamanism and Spirit Possession. New York: Routleldge. ISBN 9780415301244.
Journal articles
- Lewis, Ioan (1962). "Historical Aspects of Genealogies in Northern Somali Social Structure". S2CID 143958154.
- Lewis, Ioan (1961). "Force and Fission in Northern Somali Lineage Structure". JSTOR 667340.
- Lewis, I. M. (1963). "Pan-Africanism and Pan-Somalism". S2CID 155073157.
- Lewis, I. M. (1958). "The Gadabuursi Somali Script". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 21 (1/3): 134–156. S2CID 161856327.
- Lewis, I. M. (1959). "Clanship and Contract in Northern Somaliland". Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 29 (3): 274–293. S2CID 143243256.
- Lewis, I. M. (1967). "Recent Developments in the Somali Dispute". JSTOR 720296.
References
- ^ a b c May, Alex (September 26, 2014). "Oxonian lives". Oxford Today. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
- ^ S2CID 146327152. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
- ^ a b c p. 228. Zitelmann, Thomas. 2016. In memoriam Ioan Myrddin Lewis (1930–2014). Aethiopica 19:227–232.
- ^ p. 227. Zitelmann, Thomas. 2016. In memoriam Ioan Myrddin Lewis (1930–2014). Aethiopica 19:227–232.
- ^ p. 229. Zitelmann, Thomas. 2016. In memoriam Ioan Myrddin Lewis (1930–2014). Aethiopica 19:227–232.
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