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The Oromo in exile : from the Horn of Africa to the suburbs of Australia / Greg Gow.
Penn Museum Library DU228.9 .G69 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gow, Greg.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oromo (African people)--Australia--Melbourne--Ethnic identity.
- Oromo (African people).
- Oromo (African people)--Ethnic identity.
- Oromo language.
- Refugees--Ethiopia.
- Refugees.
- Ethnicity.
- Ethiopia.
- Australia.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 170 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- For two years, Greg Gow shared his home with a homeless Oromo woman from Ethiopia who was seeking asylum in Australia. Through her, he gained unprecedented access to Horn of African communities in Melbourne -- people from Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Southern Sudan. His account of their experiences, culture, and adaptation to life in Australia demonstrates the universal yearning to construct a home away from home. This remarkable piece of research and writing gives voice to the pain of exile, not only among these people but also among displaced people in general.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0522849903
- OCLC:
- 50165412
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