Integration and Peace in East Africa A History of the Oromo Nation

by Etefa, Tsega

• ISBN13: 9780230117747
• ISBN10: 0230117740
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-03-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book analyzes the development of indigenous religious, commercial, and political institutions among the Oromo mainly during the relatively peaceful two centuries in its history, from 1704 to 1882. The largest ethnic group in East Africa, the Oromo promoted peace, cultural assimilation, and ethnic integration. This period witnessed flourishing commerce and communication networks that promoted the maturation of Oromo law and government, the integration of foreign ideas, and the assimilation into Oromo of various other cultures.

Author Biography

Tsega Etefa is an assistant professor of History at Colgate University. He received his PhD from Hamburg University. He is the author of Inter-Ethnic Relations on a Frontier: Mtkkl (Ethiopia), 1898-1991 (2006) and Conflict Resolution through Cultural Tolerance: An Analysis of the Michu Institution in Metekkel Region, Ethiopia (2002).

Table of Contents

List of Maps	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Conflict and Integration: Oromo Settlement and Assimilation in Northern Ethiopia, 1570-1704	p. 13
Identity and Integration: Ethnic Relations and Assimilation North of the Abbay River	p. 35
All Are Welcome: Peace of the Oromo Nation and Ethnic Integration	p. 61
A Commercial Hub: Oromia in Nineteenth-Century East Africa	p. 91
The Indigenous and the Foreign: The Role of Religion in Nineteenth-Century Oromia	p. 127
From Guduruu to Guduruu: Nagaa Oromoo and the Kingdom of Shawa	p. 169
Conclusion	p. 193
Glossary	p. 199
Notes	p. 203
Bibliography	p. 235
Index	p. 251
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