Seeking out wise old men

Six decades of Ethiopian Studies at the Frobenius Institute revisited

by Jon Abbink, Lij Asfa-Wossen Asserate, Data Dea Barata, Ulrich Braukamper, Dirk Bustorf, Sabine Dinslage, Susanne Epple, Kansite Gellebo, Kim Gluck, Itsushi Kawase, Richard Kuba, Herbert Lewis, Ambaye Ogato, Getachew Senishaw and Sophia Thubauville and edited by Sabine Dinslage and Sophia Thubauville

Book cover: Seeking out wise old men

Extent: 320 pages

Publisher: Dietrich Reimer Verlag

Subjects: African Studies, Anthropology

Series: Studien zur Kulturkunde

Series volume number: 131

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(June 2017)

ISBN: 9783496015888

6.65 x 9.45 inches

Price: $62.00

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From 1935 to 1992, the Frobenius Institute focused on studies in southern Ethiopia. The results of its empirical research are not only of ethnographic, but also historical value since the work was conducted before the Christian proselytization of the local population and the ascendance of the socialist DERG regime. The anthropologists of the Frobenius Institute were among the few researchers to have documented South Ethiopia’s cultural diversity before this change. This publication provides a critical look at the resulting ethnographic studies and renders an overview of Ethiopian studies and the political situation in Ethiopia during those sixty years.

  • By (author) Jon Abbink
  • By (author) Lij Asfa-Wossen Asserate
  • By (author) Data Dea Barata
  • By (author) Ulrich Braukamper
  • By (author) Dirk Bustorf
  • By (author) Sabine Dinslage
  • By (author) Susanne Epple
  • By (author) Kansite Gellebo
  • By (author) Kim Gluck
  • By (author) Itsushi Kawase
  • By (author) Richard Kuba
  • By (author) Herbert Lewis
  • By (author) Ambaye Ogato
  • By (author) Getachew Senishaw
  • By (author) Sophia Thubauville
  • Edited by Sabine Dinslage
  • Edited by Sophia Thubauville