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Berimba's resistance : the life and times of a great Hamar spokesman. As told by his son Aike Berinas / Ivo Strecker.
Van Pelt Library DT380.4.H36 S77 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strecker, Ivo A., 1940- author.
- Berinas, Balambaras Aike, author.
- Series:
- Hamar of southern Ethiopia ; 4.
- The Hamar of southern Ethiopia ; 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Berimba.
- Hamar (African people).
- Ethiopia--History--1889-1974.
- Ethiopia.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 246 pages : maps ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Zurich : Lit, 2013.
- Summary:
- In the aftermath of the Ethiopian conquest, Berimba (ca. 1875-1952) was chosen by the Hamar tribal people to act as their spokesman. In this book, his son relates how Berimba dealt and negotiated with the intruders, and how he resisted their often high-handed rule until eventually he was murdered.
- Contents:
- Nemesis
- Conquest
- Exile, return and revenge
- Italian occupation and its aftermath
- Death of Berimba.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-234) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9783643903433
- 364390343X
- OCLC:
- 830355110
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