book chapter
In the dominions of the Divine Emperor
citadel of Ethiopia: the empire of the divine emperor • (II) • Published In 1977 • Pages: 167-316
By: Grühl, Max, b. 1884, Morrow, Ian F. D. (Ian Fitzherbert Despard), Sieveking, L. M. (Louise M.), d. 1978.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book attempts to reconstruct the history of Kaffa people prior to their forced incorporation to the Ethiopian empire in 1897. The book is primarily based on the author’s visit to Kaffa in 1926 in the course of which he met a key informant named Amaro Giorgis. The analysis is also informed by the authors knowledge of earlier written sources on Kaffa. The later included the works of Antonio Cecchi, and F. J. Bieber who visited Kaffa in 1879 and 1905 (with a follow-up visit in 1909), respectively.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Location
- Topography and geology
- Territorial hierarchy
- History
- Traditional history
- Inter-ethnic relations
- External relations
- Form and rules of government
- Chief executive
- Tillage
- Special crops
- Internal trade
- Missions
- Aftermath of combat
- Warfare
- Status, role, and prestige
- Castes
- Routes
- Slavery
- Dwellings
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Music
- Public structures
- Administrative agencies
- Diet
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kaffa
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1926
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1390-1932
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kaffa, Ethiopia
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Max Grühl ; translated from the German by Ian F. D. Morrow and L. M. Sieveking
- Translation of: [Vom heiligen Nil ins Reich des Kaisergottes von Kaffa]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74015043
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ethnology--Ethiopia