Ethiopia : history, culture and challenges /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English; some contributions translated from French or German. |
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East Lansing, MI :
Michigan State University Press,
[2017]
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Table of Contents:
- Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa
- Culture contact between Europe and northeast Africa / Siegbert Uhlig
- The mystery of Ethiopia / Haggai Erlich
- "The most populated mountain" : an introduction / Alain Gascon
- Land and environment
- Geology and geomorphology / Alain Gascon
- Climate / Alain Gascon, Jon Abbink
- Ecology and environment / Alfons Ritler
- Ethiopian biomes / Ib Friis
- Wild flora / Ib Friis
- Cultivated flora / Zemede Asfaw
- Fauna / Afework Bekele, Maija Priess
- Agriculture / Manfred Metz
- Peoples : Introduction / Jan Abbink
- Languages of Ethiopia / David Appleyard
- Tegray / David Appleyard, Wolbert G.C. Smidt
- Amhara / Harald Aspen
- Beta Esrael / Steven Kaplan
- Oromo / Ezekiel Gebissa
- Peoples of northwest Ethiopia: Beni Shangul-Gumuz / Alexander Meckelburg
- Gurage and Selte / Dirk Bustorf
- Hadiyya / Ulrich Braukämper
- Sidaama / Anbessa Teferra
- Somali / Markus Höhne
- Walaytta / Jon Abbink
- Mursi (Mun) / Shauna La Tosky
- Hamar (Amer, Hamer) / Ivo Strecker
- Afar / Éloi Ficquet, Wolbert G.C. Smidt
- Peoples of southwest Ethiopi: Nuer and Anywaa / Christiane Flage, Eisei Kurimoto.
- History
- Palaeontology and prehistory / Jean Renaud Boisserie
- Pre-Aksumite culture / Rodolfo Fattovich
- Aksumite culture / Rodolfo Fattovich
- History of Aksum / Alessandro Bausi
- Aksum, town and monuments / Matthew C. Curtis
- The Zagwe / Alessandro Bausi
- Solomonic dynasty / Steven Kaplan
- Kingdom and city of Gondar / Andreu Martinez d'Alòs-Moner
- The era of princes / Éloi Ficquet
- The Ethiopian empire under Tewodros II and Yohannes IV / Bairu Tafla
- Emperor Menilek II / Christopher Clapham
- Emperor Hayla Sellase and his era / Asfa-Wossen Asserate
- Ethiopia after the fall of the emperor / Stefan Brüne
- Selected chronology of Ethiopian history
- Material culture
- Houses / Harald Aspen, Peri Klemm
- Ethiopian handicrafts / Peri Klemm
- Coinage and currency in Ethiopia / Wolfgang Hahn
- Clothing / Michael Gervers
- Food / Steven Kaplan
- Coffee / Éloi Ficquet
- Salt / Wolbert G.C. Smidt
- Chat / Andras Wetter.
- Intellectual culture
- Writing and script / Rainer Voigt
- Manuscript tradition / David Appleyard
- Ge'ez literature / David Appleyard
- Amharic literature / Magdalena Krzyanowska
- Oromo literature / Giorgio Banti
- Oral literature / Simone Tarsitani
- Christian calendar / Emmanuel Fritsch, Ugo Zanetti
- Islamic calendar / Alessandro Gori
- Oromo calendar / Marco Bassi
- Traditional painting / Marilyn Heldman, Tania Tribe
- Contemporary art / Elisabeth Biasio
- Music / Kay Kaufman Shelemay
- Musical instruments / Stéphanie Weisser
- Ethiopia and Eritrea in literature / Giovanna Trento
- Religion
- History and faith of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church / Getachew Haile
- Organization of the Ethiopian Church / Stéphane Ancel
- Customs in the Ethiopian Church / Steven Kaplan
- Hagiography and monasticism in the Ethiopian Church / Antonella Brita
- Islam in Ethiopia / Alessandro Gori
- Islam and Islamic reforms / Terje Østebø
- Interfaith relations between Christianity and Islam in Ethiopia / Éloi Ficquet
- Missions / Andreu Martinez d'Alòs-Moner
- Protestant churches / Johannes Launhardt
- Rastafari / Giulia Bonacci.
- Society and politics
- Pan-Africanism / Giulia Bonacci, Belete Belachew
- Political systems of Ethiopia / Dereje Feyissa
- Legal systems of Ethiopia / Katrin Seidel
- Modern economy of Ethiopia / Mulatu Wubneh
- Modern education of Ethiopia / Theodore M. Vestal
- Ethiopian health care systems / Pino Schirripa
- Media and communications / Julian Tadesse
- Sports in Ethiopia / Katrin Bromber
- Recent developments
- Ethiopia and its neighbouring states: Djibouthi, Eritrea, Somalia, South Sudan / Nicole Hirt, Stefan Brüne
- Ethiopia's developmental state / Sarah Vaughan
- Emigration and diaspora / Edward A. Alpers, Giulia Bonacci
- Poverty eradication in Ethiopia / Mulatu Wubneh
- Internal and external security: Ethiopian aspects / Mesfin Gebremichael
- Chances and challenges for Ethiopia's development / Claas Knoop
- Travelling and sightseeing
- Travel and exploration in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa / Andreu Martinez d'Alòs-Moner
- Tourism in Ethiopia / Shauna La Tosky, Echi Christian Gabbert
- Museums in Ethiopia / Wolbert G.C. Smidt
- Addis Ababa / Peter Garretson, Steven Kaplan
- Historic route / Verena Böll
- Lalibala / Maija Priess
- Meqele / Wolbert G.C. Smidt
- Gondar and surrroundings / Andreu Martinez d'Alòs-Moner
- Baher Dar / Seltene Seyoum, Maija Priess
- Dabra Berhan / Mersha Alehegne, Maija Priess
- Harar / Ewald Wagner
- National parks / Alain Gascon
- Glossar of selected names and terms
- The Ge'ez script
- Index of principal names and terms.