User:Monicajohnson224/Healthcare in Somalia

According to Legacy, agency, contingency there was 50 years of destructive conflicts that left a legacy of no infrastructure which resulted in the economically poor status of Somalia and it's medical field. These 50 years of destructive conflicting time periods tying into the beginning of independence and connecting to the the beginning of the cold war created a surge of 27.4 million refugees. The vast majority being in Somalia. In January 1991 the president of Somalia Siad Barre, a former Commander General who formed a coup and became president, was kicked out of office. Before Siad was abruptly forced out of office he formed an authoritarian military system, taking away freedom of speech and organizing with out informing officials. This interconnects with Crawford Young's seven key legacies of colonialism which include global state system, reinforcement of non-hegemonic state, weak link between state and civil society, creation of African elite, specialist export economies and an absence of strong political institutions. In this case, relating to a weak link between civil society and state and an absence of strong political institutions. Resulting in genocides and future coups which ultimately lead to the downfall of Siad and Somalia's infrastructure.