Humane development : participation and change among the Sadama of Ethiopia / John H. Hamer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamer, John H., 1926-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sidamo (African people).

Acculturation--Ethiopia--Case studies.

Acculturation.

Rural development--Ethiopia--Case studies.

Rural development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, AL : University of Alabama Press, c1987.

Summary:

""Hamer has produced a very well-written ethnographic analysis of development and change among the Sadama, a Cushitic-speaking people living along the Rift Valley...The analysis attempts to show how traditional modes of decision making and living adapt to or are adapted to impinging forces of modernization. Hamer's emphasis on humane development is highly appropriate and his analysis is very successful. The focus on inevitable and constant change, and the continuing evolution of the society, makes this study a particularly useful one because the lessons of the Sadama can be generali

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; A Note on Orthography; 1. Introduction; 2. The People and Their Environment; 3. Origins and History; 4. Kinship, Hierarchy, and Resource Distribution; 5. Marriage and the Sexual Division of Labor; 6. Beliefs, Ritual, and Authority; 7. Authority and Social Control; 8. The Process of Change; 9. Self-Help Associations for Change; 10. Theories of Development and the Future of the Self-Help Movement; 11. Conclusion; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

650060135