Understanding contemporary Ethiopia

by Ficquet, Éloi Prunier, Gérard

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Full title :Understanding contemporary Ethiopia / Gérard Prunier, Éloi Ficquet (editors).

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Hurst & Company
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

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Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781849046176, 1849046174
oclc:ocn938003310
LC Classification:DT373
Dewey Decimal:963.07

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; About the Contributors; Abbreviations; Maps; Introduction; Scope of the book; Synopsis of the chapters; 1. Ethiopians in the Twenty-First Century: The Structure and Transformation of the Population; The Habesha or Abyssinians: the self-proclaimed core of Ethiopia's national identity; The Oromo: the demographic majority with a subaltern political role; The pastoral peoples of eastern Ethiopia; The mosaic of peoples in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Regional State.

Peoples of the south-western borders: ancestors' blessings vs. development propheciesPeoples of the western borders; Ethiopians on the move: internal and international migrations; Conclusion; Bibliography and Further Reading; 2. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC) and the Challenges of Modernity; Terminological outline; Religious authority under the Ethiopian monarchy; The nineteenth century and the new monarchical policy; Changes in the status of the Abun between 1917 and 1959; An ecclesiastic administration dominated by the monarch: 1942-1974.

The Ethiopian Church in the world and ecumenical relationsThe Church and the 1974 Revoluti…

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Ethiopia Ethiopia -- History Ethiopia -- Intellectual life -- 21st c… Ethiopia -- Politics and government -- … Ethiopia -- Social conditions -- 1974- Éthiopie -- Conditions sociales -- 1974- Éthiopie -- Histoire Éthiopie -- Politique et gouvernement -… History HISTORY -- East. -- Africa History & Archaeology Intellectual life Politics and government Regions & Countries - Africa Since 1974 Social conditions