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Conquest and Resistance in the Ethiopian Empire, 1880 - 1974: The Case of the Arsi Oromo

Conquest and Resistance in the Ethiopian Empire, 1880 - 1974: The Case of the Arsi Oromo

Gnamo, Abbas

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African HistoryAncient History GeneralGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 9004258132
ISBN13: 9789004258136
Publisher: Brill
Published: Jan 23 2014
Pages: 370
Weight: 1.30
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
This work examines the philosophical origins of Oromo egalitarian and democratic thoughts and practice, the Gadaa-Qaalluu system, kinship organization, the introduction and spread of Islam and the consequent socio-cultural change. It sheds light on the advent of the Ethiopian empire under Menelik II, its conquests and Arsi Oromo fierce resistance (1880-1900), the nature and legacy of Ethiopian imperial polity, centre-periphery relations, feudal political economy and its impacts on the newly conquered regions with a focus on Arsi Oromo country. The book also analyzes the root causes of the national political crisis including, but not limited to, the attempts at transforming the empire-state to a nation-state around a single culture, contested definition of national identity and state legitimacy, grievance narratives, uprisings, the birth and development of competing nationalisms as well as the limitations of the current ethnic federalism to address the national question in Ethiopia.

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