Ethiopia : history, culture and challenges /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Uhlig, Siegbert (Editor), Appleyard, David L. (Editor), Bausi, Alessandro (Editor), Hahn, Wolfgang, 1945- (Editor), Kaplan, Steven (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:In English; some contributions translated from French or German.
Published: East Lansing, MI : Michigan State University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
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.