East Africa

Being and becoming Oromo : historical and anthropological enquiries

Medarbetare:	Hultin, Jan | Triulzi, Alessandro | Baxter, Paul Trevor William
Utgivare:	Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År:	1996
Ämnesord:	Ethiopia, East Africa, Ethnicity, Cultural identity, Nationalism, Ethnic groups, Oromo, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP

The Oromo are one of the most numerous peoples of Africa but general recognition of their distinctive culture and identity is comparatively recent. These essays, through an examination of the Oromo experience, seek to explain why recognition took so long and to analyse some aspects of the Oromo culture.