The Other Abyssinians: The Northern Oromo and the Creation of Modern Ethiopia

Brian J. Yates

doi:10.1017/9781787446533

The Other Abyssinians

The Northern Oromo and the Creation of Modern Ethiopia

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Volume 85
Brian J. Yates

Publisher:: Boydell & Brewer
Online publication date:: March 2020
Print publication year:: 2020
Online ISBN:: 9781787446533
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781787446533

Series:: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
Subjects:: American History: General Interest, Area Studies, American Studies, History

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Reframes the story of modern Ethiopia around the contributions of the Oromo people and the culturally fluid union of communities that shaped the nation's politics and society.

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The Northern Oromo and the Creation of Modern Ethiopia

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Preface
pp vii-x

Introduction: What about the Oromo Habäsha? Liberating Northern Oromo Experience from Competing Nationalisms
pp 1-16

1 - Cultural Backgrounds and the Habäsha State
pp 17-36

2 - In but not of: The (Re)Integration of the Wällo Oromo into the Habäsha Community
pp 37-54

3 - Menilek, Gobäna, and the Creation of Habäsha Shäwa, 1855–88
pp 55-80

4 - Recreating the Autonomy of Wällo: The Unions of Mikaél and Menilek
pp 81-104

5 - From Personal Relationships to a Centralizing State: Shäwan Ethiopia (1889–1913)
pp 105-132

Conclusion: The Oromo Habäsha in Modern Ethiopia
pp 133-138

Appendix A - Guide to the Transliteration of the Ethiopic Script to the Latin Script
pp 139-140

Appendix B - Glossary of Ethiopian Terms
pp 141-145

Appendix C - Sample Interview Questions for Shäwa and Wällo
pp 146-148

Notes
pp 149-200

Bibliography
pp 201-230

Index
pp 231-236

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