Paradoxes of power and culture in an old periphery: Surma, 1974-1998
| Title | Paradoxes of power and culture in an old periphery: Surma, 1974-1998 |
| Publication Type | Book Chapter |
| Year of Publication | 2002 |
| Authors | G.J. Abbink |
| Editor | D. Donham |
| Secondary Title | Remapping Ethiopia : socialism & after |
| Pagination | 155 - 172 |
| Date Published | 2002/// |
| Publisher | James Currey |
| Place Published | Oxford |
| Publication Language | eng |
| Keywords | Ethiopia, Ethnic groups, ethnic identity, history, Suri |
| Abstract | This chapter discusses the dynamics of interaction between the Ethiopan political centre and the Surma or Suri people, a small group of independent agro-pastoralists located in the Maji border area of South-West Ethiopia, from 1974 to 1998. In this period the Suri provide an example of how allegedly 'marginal' populations were challenged, if not forced, to break out of their peripheral condition into one of engagement and co-optation that necessitated indigenous responses to an encroaching 'modernity'. Notes. [ASC Leiden abstract] |
| IR handle/ Full text URL | http://hdl.handle.net/1887/9644 |
| Citation Key | 1847 |