Oromo Nationalism and the Ethiopian Discourse: the search for freedom and democracy.(Review)

From: Africa | Date: March 22, 2001| Author: AGUILAR, MARIO I. | Copyright information

ASAFA JALATA (ed.), Oromo Nationalism and the Ethiopian Discourse: the search for freedom and democracy. Lawrenceville NJ: Red Sea Press, 1998, 313 pp., US$44.00, ISBN 1 56902 065 5 (hard covers), US$24.95, ISBN 1 56902 066 3 (paperback).

This is a timely edited collection, in which the author of Oromia and Ethiopia (1993) introduces ten essays that cover main themes related to the contemporary understanding and the historical development of Oromo nationalism. The volume...

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