Book
The Konso of Ethiopia: A study of the values of an east Cushitic people
AuthorHouse • Central Milton Keynes • Published In 2008 • Pages:
By: Hallpike, C. R. (Christopher Robert).
Abstract
This book examines the ways traditional Konso values gave coherence to their social institutions and religious rituals. Emphasis on the values of communal life and masculinity led to the continuity of a unique settlement pattern consisting of compact, stone walled towns situated atop extensively terraced hills. In each town, one finds not just individual homesteads and wards, but also well cared for communal ritual spaces and men’s houses, together with clusters of standing stones and anthropomorphic wooden grave figures commemorating battles and hometown veterans.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2016
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2015
- Field Date
- 1965-1967, 1997
- Coverage Date
- 1500-1997
- Coverage Place
- Konso Special Woreda, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia
- Notes
- C. R. Hallpike
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 479-487) and index
- LCCN
- 2007908703
- LCSH
- Konso (African people)