Integration and Peace in East Africa

A History of the Oromo Nation
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-349-29788-7
Verlag: Springer Nature B.V.

Buch, Englisch, 263 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 390 g

This book analyzes the development of indigenous religious, commercial, and political institutions among the Oromo mainly during the relatively peaceful two centuries in its history, from 1704 to 1882. The largest ethnic group in East Africa, the Oromo promoted peace, cultural assimilation, and ethnic integration.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Etefa, T.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Conflict and Integration: Oromo Settlement and Assimilation in Northern Ethiopia, 1570-1704 Identity and Integration: Ethnic Relations and Assimilation North of the Abbay River All Are Welcome: Peace of the Oromo Nation and Ethnic Integration A Commercial Hub: Oromia in the Nineteenth-Century East Africa The Indigenous and the Foreign: The Role of Religion in Nineteenth-Century Oromia From Guduruu to Guduruu: Nagaa Oromoo and the Kingdom of Shawa

Über Autor(innen)

TSEGA ETEFA Assistant Professor of History at Colgate University, USA. He received his PhD from Hamburg University.