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The forest cover change and its drives investigated in parts of the southwest Ethiopia using satellite images from different epoch. Local community farming systems were investigated in three case study villages using semi structured interview and structured interview. The high forest cover of the study area dwindled from 71 per cent to 48 per cent between 1973 and 2005. Furthermore, the traditional farming systems, was disappearing from the region's land use systems as more land became under permanent agriculture. Lack of clear land use plan, change in farming systems and unregulated forest coffee management identified as drivers of the forest cover change. ... Read more

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The Horn of Africa has in recent years sadly become known to the rest of the world principally as a region of war, poverty and famine -- as the harrowing scenes reported in the mass media confirm only too vividly. This timely book draws together major contributions from some of the world's leading experts in an analysis of the political and economic dimensions of the region as a whole. Advocates and opponents discuss the central theme: the actual and potential break-up of these formerly unitary states. In less than five years, the three major countries of this strategically important area -- Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia -- have undergone fundamental political change. In Sudan, a coup brought an Islamic fundamentalist regime to power, strengthening calls from the non-Arab southern Sudanese for independence. The recent independence of Eritrea has effectively blocked Ethiopian access to the sea and has encouraged further secessionist movements throughout the former Ethiopian empire.The formation of the independent republic of Somaliland followed the military defeat of President Siad Barre; US -led military intervention now seems likely to prolong the civil war in the south and delay the formation of a national government. Students and researchers of geopolitics, international relations, and African and Arab/Muslim affairs will welcome this book as an authoritative contemporary account of recent and current developments in this fascinating and important region. Charles Gurdon is Project Director of the Geopolitics and International Boundaries Research Centre at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. This book is intended for. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Journal, published by Royal Geographical Society on March 1, 2000. The length of the article is 7753 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Climate and Hydrology of the Upper Blue Nile River.(Statistical Data Included)
Author: Declan Conway
Publication: The Geographical Journal (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2000
Publisher: Royal Geographical Society
Volume: 166Issue: 1Page: 49

Article Type: Statistical Data Included

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Raaso is a location in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. It is inhabited by the Fiqi Omar (also known as Sheikhaal) clan. Raaso is situated along the Imi?Ginir road, in the Mirab Imi woreda of Afder Zone, some 40 kilometers north-west of West Imi (or Mirab Imi) village at a latitude and longitude of 6°32?N 41°47?E? / ?6.533°N 41.783°E? / 6.533; 41.783. Raaso is both the name of the Region as well as the name of the town. The other settlments or smaller towns around Raaso city are Buundada which is located on Shabeelle River, Dhaley and others. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rabak (Arabic: ????) is a city in the east of Sudan. The city is located on the eastern bank of the White Nile, approximately 260 km south of Khartoum and 340 km west of Ethiopia. It lies 5 kilometers from the city of Kusti, which is situated on the other side of the river. Rabak lies some 362 meters above sea level. Rabak was made the capital of the White Nile state in 1994. In the city there is a cement processing company called the Nile Cement Company, which produced in 2001 50,200 tons and in 2002 41,000 tons. There is also a calcite mine nearby. ... Read more

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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.

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The classic stories of our childhood--"Cinderella," "The Sleeping Beauty," Little Red Riding Hood"--exist only in books today, but they started their lives as oral tales told from one generation to the next. In Ethiopia, however, great treasuries of fairy tales still live in people's heads and have never been written down. Old people sit together in the evenings and tell each other stories that were already old a hundred years ago.

Elizabeth Laird--a winner of the the Reader's Choice award and the Children's Book award--spent two years traveling around Ethiopia and collecting the tales in this anthology. She was told stories by Muslims in the hot, dry deserts of the East; Christians from the cool, central Highlands; and people from even older religions from the warm, humid South. The different faiths and cultures are reflected in the stories, with their varying notions of God, heaven, and the spirit world. You will enjoy the funny stories with a twist, the exciting adventure stories of brave warriors and hunters, the clever stories of cunning and trickery, along with stories about ogres and kings and merchants and farmers and animals. ... Read more

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Not for children only
Although written for children, this collection of myths and legends from Ethiopia is also enjoyable and informative for adults who have friends from Ethiopia or who enjoy learning about other cultures.
I thought it was particularly interesting that the stories were collected from throughout Ethiopia, and include representations from the diverse subcultures within that rich and varied country.
The illustrations are gorgeous and colorful. ... Read more

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This book reviews the status of Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews) through a most recent comprehensive research of the roots of Jewish Identity. The author argues that Jewishness is not determined by scientific and sociological techniques alone, but is a function of halakha (Jewish Law). Consequently, where, as here, "historical truth" is uncertain, it is "halakhic truth" which is definitive for Jews. All of these issues revolve around the crucial question "who is a Jew?"The upsurge of aliyah from Ethiopia reached its peak, as is well-known, with "Operation Moses" in 1984-1985, and with "Operation Solomon" in 1991, rescue airlifts that resonated around the globe. This immigration of 70,000, including the current return of the Falas Mura, has intensified debates on questions concerning the Law of Return. ... Read more

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Since the ninth century, Morocco has been ruled by a sultan-king who has monopolized the levers of power. This striking longevity invites questions about the institutions and social processes that bolster the monarchy's stability. This collection of twelve articles approaches the question of power by bringing together the most recent scholarship on Moroccan political culture as seen from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and historical moments, from the medieval period until today. Focussing primarily on popular understandings of authority, the studies in this volume encompass themes of sainthood, ceremony, submission, tolerance, violence, sexuality, gender, and intergenerational conflict. They offer a lively and uninhibited account of the means by which the Moroccan monarchy has mastered the symbols of power and their public representations. ... Read more

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Using OXFAM's bank of photographs and its detailed specialist knowledge, the "WorldFocus" series provides an authentic portrait of what life is really like for people living in the countries covered. Each book has a country profile, an in-depth study of a typical locality, case studies of real people showing how they spend their time, what their jobs are and the challenges they face. This pack of four titles South Africa, Ethiopia and Jamaica. what their jobs are and the challenges they face. ... Read more

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The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This volume contains an English translation of a description of Ethiopia written by Francisco Alvarez (c.1465-c.1540) during the six years he spent as a missionary with the Portuguese embassy to the Emperor of Ethiopia. Alverez describes Orthodox Christian monasteries and churches, compares the Orthodox and Catholic rites, and provides the first known descriptions of the ancient city of Axum in this, the earliest surviving Western description of Ethiopia, first published in English in 1881. ... Read more