Ethiopia

Contents......Page 8
About The Author......Page 16
Preface......Page 18
Acknowledgments......Page 26
Ethiopia As The Roof Of Africa......Page 28
Ethiopia’s Geophysical Mosaic......Page 29
Geology......Page 31
Ethiopia As A Water Tower......Page 33
Temperature......Page 35
Vegetation And Land Use......Page 40
Rainfall......Page 43
Population Distribution And Density......Page 45
Drought-prone Zones......Page 46
Rural Food Shortage And Famine......Page 48
Ethiopia: The Cradle Of Humankind......Page 56
Oldest Hominid Habitat—afar, Ethiopia......Page 57
Ethiopian History: Semitist Versus Africanist Paradigm......Page 59
Ethiopia And The Egyptian Pharaohs......Page 63
The Cushitic Kingdom Of Damot......Page 65
The Rise Of Axum......Page 66
Axum At The Twilight......Page 69
The Restoration Of The Solomonian Dynasty......Page 71
The Era Of The Princes......Page 72
The Reign Of Emperor Tewodros, 1855–1868......Page 74
The Reign Of Emperor Yohannes Iv......Page 76
Emperor Menelik And Ethiopia’s Historic Victory At The Battle Of Adwa......Page 77
Lij Iyasu And The Vacant Throne......Page 79
The Haile Selassie Period I: Ras Safari’s Regency And Emperorship, 1916–1936......Page 80
Fascist Invasion And The Ethiopian Resistance......Page 81
The Haile Selassie Period Ii: 1941–1974......Page 88
The Nature Of The Political System After 1941......Page 89
The Abortive Coup D’état Of 1960......Page 91
The Ethiopian Revolution Of 1974......Page 92
Mengistu’s Ascent......Page 93
Radical Civilian Parties: White And Red Terror......Page 95
Land To The Tiller And Mass Organizations......Page 96
Ethiopian Workers’ Party And Marxist Political Structure......Page 97
The End Of The Derg And The Beginning Of A New Era......Page 98
Rise Of The Ruling Eprdf......Page 106
The Governing Team......Page 108
Ethnic Federalism......Page 109
Constitution And The Federal Structure......Page 113
Democratization And Contemporary Ethiopian Politics......Page 116
The 2005 And 2010 Elections......Page 121
Regional Governments......Page 122
Autonomous Urban Administrative Regions......Page 124
Political Parties......Page 125
Ethiopian Foreign Policy......Page 127
Ethiopia And Somalia......Page 129
Eritrea And Ethiopia: From War To War......Page 132
Economic Overview......Page 142
Historical Background Of The Ethiopian Economy......Page 143
A Sectoral Look At The Ethiopian Economy......Page 177
Agriculture......Page 178
Mining......Page 180
Industry......Page 181
Tourism......Page 183
Labor......Page 184
Finance......Page 187
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s Report On The Economy......Page 191
Pre-monotheistic Ethiopia......Page 196
Ethiopia And The Judaic Connection......Page 197
Christianity As The Official Religion Of The Ethiopian Realm......Page 207
The Episode Of Prester John......Page 210
Ethiopian Christianity And The Solomonian Dynasty......Page 214
Autocephaly......Page 215
Catholicism In Ethiopia......Page 216
Protestantism......Page 217
Islam In Ethiopia......Page 218
Ahmed Gragn’s Conquests......Page 219
Zara Yaqob And Ethiopian Philosophy In Hatata......Page 220
Feudal Power Structure......Page 222
Social Class And Reform......Page 223
The New Social Class That Emerged Under Haile Selassie’s Modernizing Feudalism......Page 224
A Class In Embryo......Page 227
Adirbays......Page 228
Quiescent Rebel......Page 229
Die-hard Revolutionaries......Page 230
The New Class (post-1991)......Page 231
Ethnicity And Language......Page 232
Southern Peoples And Nationalities......Page 245
Observable Realities About Ethnicity In Ethiopia......Page 248
Women And Marriage......Page 249
Organization Of Ethiopian Women......Page 256
Traditional Education......Page 261
Western Education From 1905 To The End Of The Derg Era......Page 263
Preprimary And Primary Education......Page 265
Academic Secondary Schools......Page 266
Higher Education......Page 267
Educational Research......Page 268
Educational Administration And Finance......Page 269
Nonformal Education......Page 271
Western Education Since The Eprdf Assent To Power In 1991......Page 273
Language......Page 284
Language Policy......Page 291
Ethiopic Alphabet......Page 295
Meeting People......Page 297
Hospitality And Food......Page 298
Time......Page 300
Useful Phrases......Page 301
Everyday Useful Words......Page 302
Numbers......Page 304
Words And Phrases In Tigrigna......Page 305
Words And Phrases In The Oromo Language......Page 306
Numbers In Afaan Oromo......Page 308
Greetings......Page 310
General Rules Of Ethiopian Etiquette......Page 314
Business Etiquette In Ethiopia......Page 318
Historical Literature......Page 321
Ge’ez Literature (religious)......Page 326
Amharic Literature (secular)......Page 331
Art, Architecture, And Craft......Page 342
Crowns Of Ethiopian Emperors—axum......Page 351
Music......Page 361
Food......Page 380
Teff-injera......Page 384
Berbere......Page 385
Neter Qebé......Page 386
Doro Wat......Page 387
Zilzil Alecha......Page 388
Veggie Recipes......Page 390
Coffee Ceremony......Page 391
Sports And Leisure......Page 395
Greater Kudu......Page 396
Conventional Sporting......Page 398
Soccer In Ethiopia......Page 401
Track And Field......Page 403
Other Sports......Page 409
Pop Music......Page 411
Dance......Page 413
Theater......Page 415
Film......Page 418
Democratization......Page 426
Ethnicity And Ethnic Federalism......Page 430
Religious Conflict......Page 431
Human Rights......Page 432
Civil War......Page 433
Terrorism......Page 435
Drought And Food Security......Page 436
Gender Issues And Female Circumcision......Page 437
Sex Work......Page 438
Hiv/aids......Page 439
Trafficking......Page 440
Health......Page 441
Water......Page 442
Prison And Detention Center Conditions......Page 444
Capital Punishment......Page 445
Urban Sprawl And Street Children......Page 446
Adoption......Page 447
Glossary......Page 452
Facts And Figures......Page 460
Holiday Chart......Page 476
Country-related Organizations......Page 478
Annotated Bibliography Of Ethiopia......Page 524
Thematic Index......Page 536
A......Page 556
B......Page 557
C......Page 558
E......Page 559
F......Page 561
H......Page 563
I......Page 564
L......Page 565
N......Page 566
R......Page 567
S......Page 568
U......Page 569
W......Page 570
Z......Page 571