Author: O'Kane David
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783896459107
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 159

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Author: Kjetil Tronvoll
Publisher: The Red Sea Press
ISBN: 9781569020593
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342

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Written by the first anthropologist to enter Eritrea after the war, this study is an ethnographic account which explores the social organisation of a remote Tigrayan-speaking highland community and the livelihood of its peasants.

Author: Mussie Tesfagiorgis G. Ph.D.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1598842323
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 453

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This authoritative overview serves as a comprehensive resource on Eritrea's history, politics, economy, society, and culture. Located in eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea between Djibouti and Sudan, Eritrea is a poor but developing East African country, the capital of which is Asmara. Formerly a province of Ethiopia, Eritrea became independent on May 24, 1993, following a 30-year struggle that culminated in a referendum vote for independence. Written materials on most aspects of Eritrean history and culture are quite scarce. Eritrea fills that gap with an exhaustive, thematically organized overview. It examines Eritrean geography, the history of Eritrea since the ancient period, and the government, politics, economy, society, cultures, and people of the modern nation. Though based largely on the documentary record, the book also recognizes the value of oral history among the people of Eritrea and incorporates that history as well. Leading sources are quoted at length to provide analysis and perspective.

Author: Lyda Favali
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253109841
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 371

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In Eritrea, state, traditional, and religious laws equally prevail, but any of these legal systems may be put into play depending upon the individual or individuals involved in a legal dispute. Because of conflicting laws, it has been difficult for Eritreans to come to a consensus on what constitutes their legal system. In Blood, Land, and Sex, Lyda Favali and Roy Pateman examine the roles of the state, ethnic groups, religious groups, and the international community in several key areas of Eritrean law -- blood feud or murder, land tenure, gender relations (marriage, prostitution, rape), and female genital surgery. Favali and Pateman explore the intersections of the various laws and discuss how change can be brought to communities where legal ambiguity prevails, often to the grave harm of women and other powerless individuals. This significant book focuses on how Eritrea and other newly emerging democracies might build pluralist legal systems that will be acceptable to an ethnically and religiously diverse population.

Author: Lionel Cliffe
Publisher: The Red Sea Press
ISBN: 9780932415370
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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Author: Dan Connell
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538120666
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 729

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In 1991, Eritrea won a 30-year war for independence from Ethiopia, and in 1993, it was recognized as Africa’s newest nation after more than a century of conquest and occupation by a succession of external powers that included the Ottomans, Egypt, Italy, Great Britain and Ethiopia. Each had left its mark, while fostering a deep distrust of outsiders and a fierce commitment to Eritrea’s separate political identity. Eritrea and Ethiopia slipped into a chronic state of no-peace-no-war that kept the entire Horn of Africa off-balance for nearly two decades, the standoff ended in 2018 when a newly installed Ethiopian prime minister reached out to Eritrea and set in motion a rapid-fire series of talks among the states of the African Horn that broke down long-standing barriers and raised hopes for a new era of regional peace and cooperation. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Eritrea contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 600 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Eritrea.

Author: Bas Dianda
Publisher: Vernon Press
ISBN: 1622735293
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379

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Relegated to the back bench, the Seventies are often considered as no more than a bridge between the more momentous decades of the Sixties and Eighties. However, delving into this historical period, this book asks; how significant were the Seventies in terms of political, economic and cultural developments? And, to what extent did this decade change the course of the second half of the twentieth century? Seeking to uncover the extraordinary transformative capacity of this era, this book reveals how important events from this decade marked history for many years to come. Grounded in a ‘history of developments,’ this book investigates connections of causality or concomitant causality with events that were yet to come. The first part of this volume traces the economic, political and cultural trends that prevailed during this decade, before turning its attention to the legacies of the Seventies and the events that changed the course of history and that are still having repercussions to this day. From the oil crisis to microwaves, this book offers an in-depth and complete look at the Seventies that will not only be of interest to historians and economists, but also sociologists and those intrigued by the evolution of political, economic and cultural developments.

Author: Doris Burgess
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Eritrea
Languages : en
Pages : 30

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Om EPLF's (Eritrean People's Liberation Front) arbejde i Eritrea

Author: Dan Connell
Publisher: The Red Sea Press
ISBN: 9781569020463
Category : Eritrea
Languages : en
Pages : 382

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A firsthand account of Eritrea's epic 30-year,struggle for independence and social justice.,""An inspiring story of courage, dedicationachievement and hope with important lessons to,teach"" - Noam Chomsky,""Connell writes in the engaged tradition of John,Reed and Edgar Snow"" - Basil Davidson

Author: Tesfa G. Gebremedhin
Publisher: The Red Sea Press
ISBN: 9781569021538
Category : Sex role
Languages : en
Pages : 284

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It describes how to uncover hidden values and cultures in order to stimulate new, gender-equitable ways of thinking. This book provides technical information on gender issues that can form the basis for policy actions and development programs. It also can provide hypothesis for more in-depth research concerning gender issues. It is evident that very little information about the lives and work of Eritrean women exists.