Special issue: Cultural variation and social change in southern Ethiopia : comparative approaches.
| Title | Special issue: Cultural variation and social change in southern Ethiopia : comparative approaches. |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 2000 |
| Series Editor | G.J. Abbink |
| Series title | Northeast African studies, ISSN 0740-9133 ; new series, vol. 7, no. 3 |
| Pagination | - 221 |
| Date Published | 2000/// |
| Publisher | Michigan State University Press |
| Place Published | East Lansing, MI |
| Publication Language | eng |
| Keywords | 1999, African studies, Arbore, Boran, conference papers (form), education, Ethiopia, Ethnic groups, Gabbra, Gamo, Konso, language policy, Rendille, social change, social networks, southern ethiopia |
| Abstract | The papers in this special issue, which is the result of a workshop in Oxford in 1999, analyse patterns of cultural variation in southern Ethiopia. They demonstrate that 'ethnic groups' or 'cultures' cannot be understood in isolation, but must be seen as part of a wider regional network. Following two introductory papers (by Jon G. Abbink and Dena Freeman respectively), there are contributions on cultural variation in the context of regional historical processes in southern Ethiopia (Donald L. Donham); initiations in Gamo, Sidamo and Borana (Dena Freeman); interethnic similarities across three ethnic boundaries, viz. Gabra-Rendille, Gabra-Konso and Gabra-Borana (John C. Wood); the 'genius loci' (spirit of place) of Hamar (Ivo Strecker); trade, bond friendship and group interdependence among the pastoralist Hor (Wolde Gossa Tadesse); clans, kingdoms and 'cultural diversity' among Omotic-speakers in southern Ethiopia (Date De'a); the attitudes of local populations in southern Ethiopia towards the introduction of local languages in the primary education system (Gideon P.E. Cohen). [ASC Leiden abstract] |
| Notes | Met bibliogr., noten |
| Citation Key | 1988 |