The Nakfa Documents

Author : Anthony D'Avray,Richard Pankhurst
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Eritrea
ISBN : 3447041986

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The Nakfa Documents by Anthony D'Avray,Richard Pankhurst Pdf

Anyone interested in the history of Eritrea, Ethiopia, or Italian and British Imperialism will learn much from this book. It gives the full texts of the treasure-house of unpublished documents on which the same author's Lords of the Red Sea was based. These documents were produced at the end of the 19th century by the Italian administrators in Eritrea who dealt with the local nomads. These young officers became intrigued by the society and history of the highly developed Habab tribe, even as they became part of that history, replacing loose hegemony with direct sovereignty. Their records document not only their own important role in the "Scramble for Africa" but also the whole culture and historical memory of a fascinating society.

Author : Jonathan Miran
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780253220790

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Red Sea Citizens by Jonathan Miran Pdf

In the late 19th century, the port of Massawa, in Eritrea on the Red Sea, was a thriving, vibrant, multiethnic commercial hub. Red Sea Citizens tells the story of how Massawa rose to prominence as one of Northeast Africa's most important shipping centers. Jonathan Miran reconstructs the social, material, religious, and cultural history of this mercantile community in a period of sweeping change. He shows how Massawa and its citizens benefited from migrations across the Indian Ocean, the Arabian peninsula, Egypt, and the African interior. Miran also notes the changes that took place in Massawa as traders did business and eventually settled. By revealing the dynamic processes at play, this book provides insight into the development of the Horn of Africa that extends beyond borders and boundaries, nations and nationalism.

Author : Anthony D'Avray
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Eritrea
ISBN : 3447037628

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Lords of the Red Sea by Anthony D'Avray Pdf

Habab polity was, within living memory, one of a lord (Shumagalle) and serf (Tigre) relationship. In the 1870s/1880s, the Habab were subjected to pressures from the strong characters ruling in the surrounding lands: Ras Alula in the Hamasien, the Mahdist Emir Osman Digna, Colonel Kitchener, Governor of the Anglo-Egyptian enclave of Suakin, and in Massaua the Egyptians and later the Italians. In 1887, the Kantibai of the Habab signed a treaty of Protection with the Italians. In the period from 1887 to 1895, the Habab, in a fraught process, had to come to terms with the European concept of sovereignty. Anthony D'Avray's work is primarily based on documents left by Italian administrators based at Nakfa in Eritrea in the late 19th century. They reported matters of current importance, and also the extensive oral traditions of the Habab and other peoples of the Red Sea coasts. Other primary sources, notably from the Public Record Office in London supplement the Nakfa documents.

Author : Steven Serels
Publisher : Springer
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9783319941653

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The Impoverishment of the African Red Sea Littoral, 1640–1945 by Steven Serels Pdf

The African Red Sea Littoral, currently divided between Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Djibouti, is one of the poorest regions in the world. But the pastoralist communities indigenous to this region were not always poor—historically, they had access to a variety of resources that allowed them to prosper in the harsh, arid environment. This access was mediated by a robust moral economy of pastoralism that acted as a social safety net. Steven Serels charts the erosion of this moral economy, a slow-moving process that began during the Little Ice Age mega-drought of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and continued through the devastating famines of the twentieth century. By examining mass sedentarization after the Second World War as merely the latest manifestation of an inter-generational environmental and economic crisis, this book offers an innovative lens for understanding poverty in northeastern Africa.

Author : Mohamed Kheir Omer
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684716494

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The Dynamics of an Unfinished African Dream: Eritrea: Ancient History to 1968 by Mohamed Kheir Omer Pdf

Eritrea is located in northeast Africa on the Red Sea coast and boasts one of the oldest human settlements in the region. One-million-year-old human remains have been found in the Danakil Depression in the country, which is home to one of the oldest-written scripts in sub-Saharan Africa: Ge'ez. Eritrea was also pioneer in multi-party democracy in Africa and had a democratic constitution based on United Nations principles in 1952. But it is also home to one of the earliest armed liberation movements in Africa - a conflict that Mohamed Kheir Omer witnessed firsthand, having grown up in Eritrea as a member of the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF). In this book, he traces the history of the country, exploring how ethnicity, religion, geography, colonialism, and other factors have shaped its fate - and what must be done to ensure its people enjoy a brighter future. The history of Eritrea is similar to others on the continent, and its people continue to struggle to build a just, democratic, and inclusive country.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Africa
ISBN : UOM:39015075718356

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The International Journal of African Historical Studies by Anonim Pdf

Author : Xiao Mei,Gisa Jähnichen
Publisher : Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-21
Category : Music
ISBN : 9783832553982

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Drums and Drum Ensembles along the Great Silk Road by Xiao Mei,Gisa Jähnichen Pdf

This volume comprises fifteen selected papers in five chapters from the 27th ICTM Colloquium on Drums and Drum Ensembles along the Great Silk Road. It testifies to how human cultures are never created in seclusion. The richness of drums and drum ensembles, including their repertoires, are also connected to long-term exchanges in military affairs, trades, and religions of various peoples. Despite the obvious prevalence of drums among all peoples around the world, their understanding and their repertoires vary due to different contexts. The studies of music originating on the Silk Road presented in this volume pay particular attention to the multiple flows of knowledge between numerous distinctive regions in the narrower geographical and temporal scope.

Author : David H. Shinn,Thomas P. Ofcansky
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810874572

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Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia by David H. Shinn,Thomas P. Ofcansky Pdf

The Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia, Second Edition covers the history of Ethiopia through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has several hundred cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Ethiopia.

Author : Phyllis G. Jestice
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1044 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2004-12-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781851096497

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Holy People of the World [3 volumes] by Phyllis G. Jestice Pdf

A cross-cultural encyclopedia of the most significant holy people in history, examining why people in a wide range of religious traditions throughout the world have been regarded as divinely inspired. The first reference on the subject to span all the world's major religions, Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia examines the impact of individuals who, through personal charisma and inspirational deeds, served both as glorious examples of human potential and as envoys for the divine. Holy People of the World contains nearly 1,100 biographical sketches of venerated men and women. Written by religious studies experts and historians, each article focuses on the basic question: How did this person come to be regarded as holy? In addition, the encyclopedia features 20 survey articles on views of holy people in the major religious traditions such as Islam, Buddhism, and African religions, as well as 64 comparative articles on aspects of holiness and veneration across cultures such as awakening and conversion experiences, heredity, gender, asceticism, and persecution. Whether exploring by religion, culture, or historic period, this extensively cross-referenced resource offers a wealth of insights into one of the most revealing—and least explored—common denominators of spiritual traditions.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Eritrea
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112737981

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Aethiopica by Anonim Pdf

Author : Elihu Lauterpacht,Christopher Greenwood,Karen Lee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 841 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780521194518

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International Law Reports: Volume 140 by Elihu Lauterpacht,Christopher Greenwood,Karen Lee Pdf

Reports in English on decisions of international courts and arbitrators and judgments of national courts.

Author : Jonathan Miran
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Community development, Urban
ISBN : MSU:31293025043690

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Facing the Land, Facing the Sea by Jonathan Miran Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : PULP
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN : 9780980265897

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Compendium of Key Documents Relating to Human Rights and HIV in Eastern and Southern Africa by Anonim Pdf

The compendium of key Documents relating to human rights and HIV in Eastern and Southern Africa provides instrument, policies and cases which are relavant to HIV/AIDS.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Eritrea
ISBN : IND:30000075058929

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ESR by Anonim Pdf

Author : Sean D. Murphy,Won Kidane,Thomas R. Snider
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1061 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199793723

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Litigating War by Sean D. Murphy,Won Kidane,Thomas R. Snider Pdf

Litigating War offers an in-depth examination of the Claims Commission of the Eritrea-Ethiopia War, which was tasked with deciding, through binding arbitration, claims for losses, damages, and injuries resulting from the war. After providing an overview of the war, the authors describe how the Commission was established, the extent of its jurisdiction, and the applicable law on which it relied.