Proceedings Of The Third International Conference Of Ethiopian Studies Addis Ababa 1966

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Proceedings of the XVth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Hamburg, July 20-25, 2003

Author : Siegbert Uhlig
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783447047999
Total Pages : 1140 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (479 download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the XVth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Hamburg, July 20-25, 2003 written by Siegbert Uhlig and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 2006 with total page 1140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The XVth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies took place in Hamburg in July 2003. More than 400 scientists from over 25 countries participated. 130 contributions from the program were selected for this volume. They are mostly written in English and deal on the regions of Ethiopia and Eritrea and cover the span from the 4th Century to the present. The volume is divided into the following chapters: Anthropology (20 Articles), History (25), Arts (10), Literature and Philology (10), Religion (5), Languages and Linguistics (25), Law and Politics (10), Environmental, Economic and Educational Issues (10).

Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia

Author : David H. Shinn
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810874571
Total Pages : 694 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia written by David H. Shinn and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-04-11 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethiopia is clearly one of the most important countries in Africa. First of all, with about 75 million people, it is the third most populous country in Africa. Second, it is very strategically located, in the Horn of Africa and bordering Eritrea, Sudan, Kenya, and Somalia, with some of whom it has touchy and sometimes worse relations. Yet, its capital – Addis Ababa – is the headquarters of the African Union, the prime meeting place for Africa’s leaders. So, if things went poorly in Ethiopia, this would not be good for Africa, and for a long time this was the case, with internal disruption rife, until it was literally suppressed under the strong rule of the recently deceased Meles Zenawi. The Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia, Second Edition covers the history of Ethiopia through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has several hundred cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Ethiopia.

Essays on Gurage Language and Culture

Author : Wolf Leslau
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783447038300
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (383 download)

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Download or read book Essays on Gurage Language and Culture written by Wolf Leslau and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 1996 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Between the Jaws of Hyenas - A Diplomatic History of Ethiopia (1876-1896)

Author : Richard Caulk
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783447045582
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book Between the Jaws of Hyenas - A Diplomatic History of Ethiopia (1876-1896) written by Richard Caulk and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 2002 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the publication of this book, the definitive work on the diplomatic history of Ethiopia in the last quarter of the nineteenth century could be said to have seen the light of day. The book deals with a crucial period when the destiny of Ethiopia hang in the balance. The question - as indeed it was the case for the rest of Africa - was whether the country was to remain independent or become colonized. Menilek, combining diplomatic and military initiatives, not only ensured that Ethiopia remained independent but also expanded its territory to unprecedented limits. The book is based on a critical reading of the secondary literature as well as an exhaustive and analytical use of all the pertinent archival sources, the memoirs and biographies of the principal European characters, and Ethiopian chronicles, biographies and other primary sources. It can serve as the standard text for teaching courses on Ethiopia and the Horn at the university level. At the same time, it provides a useful background to those interested in the formation of the modern Ethiopian state as well as its troubled relations with what eventually became Eritrea.

The Liturgy of the Hours in East and West

Author : Robert Taft
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Liturgy of the Hours in East and West written by Robert Taft and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The origins and development of the Divine Office are traced through both Eastern and Western branches of the Church, providing a wealth of historical and liturgical information. From the small beginnings of a few Christians in New Testament Jerusalem, the prayer of the Church spread, changing and evolving as it met and was assimilated by different cultures. This classic study is a major resource for the liturgical scholar.

The Shaping of Somali Society

Author : Lee V. Cassanelli
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 1512806668
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book The Shaping of Somali Society written by Lee V. Cassanelli and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While recurrent drought, war with neighboring Ethiopia, and a staggering refugee crisis have recently propelled the African nation of Somalia into world headlines, remarkably little is known about the history of this East African country. For the first time, Lee Cassanelli makes available a book-length study of Somalia's precolonial heritage. A nation of nomads, the Somalis have through long experience adapted to a harsh, semidesert environment. While persistently divided by clan, sectarian, and regional loyalties in the past, they have nevertheless come to acquire a compelling sense of their cultural unity and national identity. The Shaping of Somali Society examines the historical experiences of these people while focusing on recurrent themes: a deeply rooted kinship system based on lineages that feud as frequently as they cooperate; the gradual Islamization of the entire society through the work of itinerant Sufi saints; the rise and fall of regional sultanates and long-distance trade networks; and a history of resistance to foreign invaders. To reconstruct the past of this important African society, the author draws on ethnographic and linguistic evidence, travelers' accounts, a substantial body of Somali oral traditions, and recollections gathered during several visits to the country. Using this material and the techniques of traditional historiography, Cassanelli examines the precolonial interplay of environmental, social, economic, and religious forces that produced a society that, though politically fragmented, has been integrated at a number of levels of structure, belief, and behavior. Perhaps more importantly, the author discusses the problems of interpreting the often fragmentary historical data and presents a new framework for studying regional patterns of change in a pastoral setting.

The Paradox of Africa's Poverty

Author : Tirfe Mammo
Publisher : The Red Sea Press
ISBN 13 : 9781569020494
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book The Paradox of Africa's Poverty written by Tirfe Mammo and published by The Red Sea Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking Ethiopia as a case study, this work examines the prevailing views on the poverty of much of Africa and argues that the current situation can be reversed by attacking the root causes of poverty - once they are properly understood.

Voice and Power

Author : R. J. Hayward
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135751749
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book Voice and Power written by R. J. Hayward and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-17 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is devoted to studies of the languages and cultures of the Cushitic-speaking peoples of the Horn of Africa. It is concerned with linguistics in a technical sense, and analyzes the oral literature of the people of the area.

Languages and Cultures of Eastern Christianity: Ethiopian

Author : Alessandro Bausi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351923293
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Book Synopsis Languages and Cultures of Eastern Christianity: Ethiopian by : Alessandro Bausi

Download or read book Languages and Cultures of Eastern Christianity: Ethiopian written by Alessandro Bausi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together a set of contributions, many appearing in English for the first time, together with a new introduction, covering the history of the Ethiopian Christian civilization in its formative period (300-1500 AD). Rooted in the late antique kingdom of Aksum (present day Northern Ethiopia and Eritrea), and lying between Byzantium, Africa and the Near East, this civilization is presented in a series of case studies. At a time when philological and linguistic investigations are being challenged by new approaches in Ethiopian studies, this volume emphasizes the necessity of basic research, while avoiding the reduction of cultural questions to matters of fact and detail.

Pastoralism in Tropical Africa

Author : Théodore Monod
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429955936
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Pastoralism in Tropical Africa written by Théodore Monod and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1975, the papers collected in this volume review African pastoralism in both West and East Africa, in relation to economy, ecology, social and community organisation, kinship, inter-group relations, modern administrative attitudes and policies and problems of development. The challenges confronting peoples and cultures in Africa which practise pastoralism are discussed.

Indigo in the Arab World

Author : Jenny Balfour-Paul
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136603247
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book Indigo in the Arab World written by Jenny Balfour-Paul and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role indigo has played elsewhere has been fairly well documented, but in the case of the Arab world, little or no thorough investigation has been previously undertaken. Sets out to provide comprehensive coverage of the subject from its earliest history to the present day.

The New Cambridge History of the Bible: Volume 2, From 600 to 1450

Author : Richard Marsden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316175863
Total Pages : 1254 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book The New Cambridge History of the Bible: Volume 2, From 600 to 1450 written by Richard Marsden and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 1254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the development and use of the Bible from late Antiquity to the Reformation, tracing both its geographical and its intellectual journeys from its homelands throughout the Middle East and Mediterranean and into northern Europe. Richard Marsden and E. Ann Matter's volume provides a balanced treatment of eastern and western biblical traditions, highlighting processes of transmission and modes of exegesis among Roman and Orthodox Christians, Jews and Muslims and illuminating the role of the Bible in medieval inter-religious dialogue. Translations into Ethiopic, Slavic, Armenian and Georgian vernaculars, as well as Romance and Germanic, are treated in detail, along with the theme of allegorized spirituality and established forms of glossing. The chapters take the study of Bible history beyond the cloisters of medieval monasteries and ecclesiastical schools to consider the influence of biblical texts on vernacular poetry, prose, drama, law and the visual arts of East and West.

The Political Economy of an African Society in Tranformation: the Case of Macca Oromo (Ethiopia)

Author : Tesema Ta'a
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783447054195
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (541 download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of an African Society in Tranformation: the Case of Macca Oromo (Ethiopia) written by Tesema Ta'a and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 2006 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The official historiography of the Ethiopian Empire as well as the majority of the publications on Ethiopian history by European authors used to view the country as a single cultural whole, and to deal only with the history of the Christian empire. The different historical experiences of the Ethiopian multiethnic society and culture used to be usually ignored. In contrast to such one-sided approach this book deals with the Macca Oromo activities, social transformation and historical experiences in the western part of Central Ethiopia, focusing on the political economy of the region. The sources for the book include: 1. written documents in Ethiopian languages (Amharic and Ge'ez), e.g. archival materials, 2. reports by European travellers and missionaries, 3. recent secondary literature, and 4. traditions and oral history collected mainly in Wallagga in 1972-73 and 1979-80. In that region the Macca states had played an important political and economical role until they were subjugated by the order of Menelik II and incorporated into the Ethiopian Empire at the end of the 19th century. Tesema Ta'a belongs to the first generation of the Ethiopian historiographers who graduated from Addis Ababa University in the seventies, and later formed the teaching staff of the History department in Addis Ababa.

The Cambridge History of Africa

Author : J. D. Fage
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521224093
Total Pages : 1052 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge History of Africa written by J. D. Fage and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 1052 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eighth and final volume of The Cambridge History of Africa covers the period 1940-75. It begins with a discussion of the role of the Second World War in the political decolonisation of Africa. Its terminal date of 1975 coincides with the retreat of Portugal, the last European colonial power in Africa, from its possessions and their accession to independence. The fifteen chapters which make up this volume examine on both a continental and regional scale the extent to which formal transfer of political power by the European colonial rulers also involved economic, social and cultural decolonisation. A major theme of the volume is the way the African successors to the colonial rulers dealt with their inheritance and how far they benefited particular economic groups and disadvantaged others. The contributors to this volume represent different disciplinary traditions and do not share a single theoretical perspective on the recent history of the continent, a subject that is still the occasion for passionate debate.

Gurage Studies

Author : Wolf Leslau
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783447031899
Total Pages : 782 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Gurage Studies written by Wolf Leslau and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 1992 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Battle of Adwa

Author : Raymond Jonas
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674062795
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Battle of Adwa written by Raymond Jonas and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In March 1896 a well-disciplined and massive Ethiopian army did the unthinkable-it routed an invading Italian force and brought Italy's war of conquest in Africa to an end. In an age of relentless European expansion, Ethiopia had successfully defended its independence and cast doubt upon an unshakable certainty of the age-that sooner or later all Africans would fall under the rule of Europeans. This event opened a breach that would lead, in the aftermath of world war fifty years later, to the continent's painful struggle for freedom from colonial rule. Raymond Jonas offers the first comprehensive account of this singular episode in modern world history. The narrative is peopled by the ambitious and vain, the creative and the coarse, across Africa, Europe, and the Americas-personalities like Menelik, a biblically inspired provincial monarch who consolidated Ethiopia's throne; Taytu, his quick-witted and aggressive wife; and the Swiss engineer Alfred Ilg, the emperor's close advisor. The Ethiopians' brilliant gamesmanship and savvy public relations campaign helped roll back the Europeanization of Africa. Figures throughout the African diaspora immediately grasped the significance of Adwa, Menelik, and an independent Ethiopia. Writing deftly from a transnational perspective, Jonas puts Adwa in the context of manifest destiny and Jim Crow, signaling a challenge to the very concept of white dominance. By reopening seemingly settled questions of race and empire, the Battle of Adwa was thus a harbinger of the global, unsettled century about to unfold.

The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity

Author : Ken Parry
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0631189661
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity written by Ken Parry and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2000-11-08 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing over 700 articles, this Dictionary allows the reader to explore Eastern Christian civilization with its cultural and religious riches. The articles are written by a team of 50 international contributors, including leading historians, theologians, linguists, philosophers, patrologists, musicians, and scholars of liturgy and iconography.