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Conclusion

The Future in a Frontier City

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2025

Daniel K. Thompson
Affiliation:
University of California, Merced
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In August 2018, ʿAbdi Moḥamoud ʿUmar, president of Ethiopia’s Somali Regional State, was ousted and arrested by federal security forces. ʿAbdi had led an unprecedented decade-long push to securitize the Ethiopia-Somaliland border, to “Ethiopianize” Somalis, and to entice Somali migrants living abroad to return to Ethiopia and collaborate with the regional government. Yet a significant number of those who collaborated with and benefited from the regime also celebrated its downfall. This concluding chapter describes these more recent events as an entry-point to reflecting on the broader implications of the book’s argument that city-making and border-making are deeply intertwined in today’s world. It addresses three specific possible counterarguments, which serve to highlight the themes of the book and link them to broader debates in economic anthropology, border studies, migration studies, and urban studies.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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  • Conclusion
  • Daniel K. Thompson, University of California, Merced
  • Book: Smugglers, Speculators, and the City in the Ethiopia-Somalia Borderlands
  • Online publication: 06 March 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009556286.009
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  • Conclusion
  • Daniel K. Thompson, University of California, Merced
  • Book: Smugglers, Speculators, and the City in the Ethiopia-Somalia Borderlands
  • Online publication: 06 March 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009556286.009
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  • Conclusion
  • Daniel K. Thompson, University of California, Merced
  • Book: Smugglers, Speculators, and the City in the Ethiopia-Somalia Borderlands
  • Online publication: 06 March 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009556286.009
Available formats
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