Contested terrain : essays on Oromo studies, Ethiopianist discourses, and politically engaged scholarship / edited by Ezekiel Gebissa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gebissa, Ezekiel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oromo (African people)--Ethnic identity.

Oromo (African people).

Oromo (African people)--History.

History.

Ethnicity.

Physical Description:

x, 258 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Trenton, NJ : Red Sea Press, 2007.

Contents:

Conquest, tyranny, and ethnocide against the Oromo : a historical assessment of human rights conditions in Ethiopia, ca. 1880s-2002 / Mohammed Hassen

The rise of coffee and the demise of imperial autonomy : the Oromo Kingdom of Jimma and political centralization in Ethiopia / Guluma Gemeda

Resistance, political consciousness and incipient nationalism : Oromo reaction to the Italian invasion of Ethiopia / Ezekiel Gebissa

Bribing the land : an appraisal of the farming systems of the Maccaa Oromo in Wallaga / Tsema Ta'a

A blind without a cane, a nation without a city : the Oromo struggle for Addis Ababa / Getahun Benti

The place of the Oromo diaspora in the Oromo national movement : lessons from the agency of the "old" African diaspora in the United States / Asafa Jalata

Learning not to be-com Oromo? : chasing the ghosts chasing John Sorenson / Martha Kuwee Kumsa

Reflections on Oromo studies / Charles Schaefer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1569022798

9781569022795

1569022801

9781569022801

OCLC:

144570784