Addis Ababa; migration and the making of a multiethnic metropolis,1941-1974.(Brief article)(Book review)

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Addis Ababa; migration and the making of a multiethnic metropolis,1941-1974.

Benti, Getahun.

Red Sea Press

2007

279 pages

$29.95

Paperback

HT384

From its founding in the first quarter of the nineteenth century Addis Ababa has been a destination for people from all of Ethiopia, becoming first that nation's political and economic center and later the focus of social activities as well. Benti (African history, Southern Illinois U.-Carbondale), who left his home which had been conquered a few ...

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