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Geerarsa folksong as the Oromo national literature : a study of ethnography, folklore, and folklife in the context of the Ethiopian colonization of Oromia / Addisu Tolesa.
Van Pelt Library PJ2471.5 .T65 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tolesa, Addisu.
- Series:
- Studies in African literature (Lewiston, N.Y.) ; v. 6.
- Studies in African literature ; v. 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folk songs, Oromo--History and criticism.
- Folk songs, Oromo.
- Oromo (African people)--Folklore.
- Oromo (African people).
- Folklore.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 208 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [1999]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Oromo Folklore and Ethnography as a Historical Source 1
- Chapter 2 The Folkloric and Ethnographic Background 23
- Chapter 3 The Geerarsa: Poetics in Performance 53
- Chapter 4 Geerarsa in the Oromo Heroic Worldview 75
- Chapter 5 Geerarsa in the Context of Amhara/Ethiopian Colonization 105
- Chapter 6 Geerarsa in the Changing Conditions of Oromia and Ethiopia 133
- Chapter 7 Geerarsa as the Oromo National Literature 169.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-201) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0773481931
- OCLC:
- 41265647
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