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"Seeks to dispel the myths and clichés surrounding contemporary perceptions of Ethiopia by providing a rare overview of the country's recent history, politics and culture Explores the unique features of this often misrepresented country as it strives to make itself heard in the …
When we think of Ethiopia we tend to think in cliches: Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, the Falasha Jews, the epic reign of Emperor Haile Selassie, the Communist Revolution, famine and civil war. Among the countries of Africa it has a high profile yet is poorly known. How- ever a…
The ʿAfar (written Qafár in their language, itself called ʿAfar) are a predominantly Muslim pastoral society of the arid lowlands of the Horn of Africa. The ʿAfar language belongs to the eastern branch of the Cushitic family. The ʿAfar are known as Dankali (pl. Danākil) in Arabi…
The Republic of Djibouti (Ar. Jumhūriyyat Jībūtī) has been an independent state since 1977. More than the half of its population of approximately 700,000 to 900,000 lives in the capital city, Djibouti. Data on the ethnic structure of the country’s population are a contentious is…
Danākil is the common Arabic name for the ʿAfar population of northeastern Africa. This is a plural form in Arabic derived from the name of an ʿAfar sub-group, the Dankali. From the seventh/thirteenth to the eleventh/seventeenth century, the Dankali ruled the coastal and hinterl…
The archives and chanceries of Ethiopia date from the early Christian kingdom. 1. The Christian kingdom of Ethiopia until the modern period The practices of conservation of public records in Ethiopia are based mainly on older patterns of archive management in the Christian kingd…