Conquest and resistance in the Ethiopian empire, 1880-1974 : : the case of the Arsi Oromo / / by Abbas H. Gnamo.
This work examines the philosophical origins of Oromo egalitarian and democratic thoughts and practice, the Gadaa-Qaalluu system, kinship organization, the introduction and spread of Islam and the consequent socio-cultural change. It sheds light on the advent of the Ethiopian empire under Menelik II...
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| Superior document: | African social studies series, volume 32 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : Brill,, [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | African social studies series ;
v. 32. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Democracy without state : egalitarianism, justice, and leadership in an Oromo polity
- The making of Oromo kinship identity and structure : an anthropological analysis
- The concept of empire : what makes Ethiopia an empire?
- The Arsi Oromo resistance against Ethiopian imperial conquest (1880-1900)
- The introduction, expansion, and impact of Islam among the Arsi Oromo
- Dar Ager : the making of a periphery and the features of Ethiopian feudal colonialism in Arsiland (1886-1935)
- The nature of political administration and the structure of domination in Arsiland (1941-1974)
- The socio-economic condition of the peasantry in Arsiland (1941-1974)
- The politics of transforming the empire-state : ethnic identity vs. national identity in Ethiopia.