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The importance of Mao in Ethiopian history
Proceedings of the seventh international conference of Ethiopian studies, University of Lund, 26-29 April 1982 • Addis Abeba • Published In 1984 • Pages: 31-38
By: Fleming, Harold Crane.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study reconsiders the history of inter-ethnic relations in southwestern Ethiopia. A landmark event was the rise of the Gonga (a Kafa splinter group) to supremacy over the indigenous Mao peoples. Much of the discussion is devoted to showing the centrality of Gonga domination in reconfiguring ethnic relations across the region, including the migration of the Mao people further west and north, and their subsequent separation into several linguistic groups.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Location
- Linguistic identification
- Phonology
- Historical reconstruction
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Inter-community relations
- Form and rules of government
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Traditional history
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mao
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Linguist
- Anthropologist
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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; 2018
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1957-1958, 1972
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1400-1972
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Benishangul-Gumuz region, and West Wellega zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Harold C. Fleming
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 38)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84622827
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ethnology--Ethiopia