The Galla of Ethiopia; The Kingdoms of Kafa and Janjero : North Eastern Africa Part II

Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and social conditions of African peoples. Concise, critical and (for its time) accurate, the Ethnographic Survey contains sections as follows: Physical Environment Linguistic Data Demography History & Traditions of Origin Nomenclature Grouping Cultural Features: Religion, Witchcraft, Birth, Initiation, Burial Social & Political Organization: Kinship, Marriage, Inheritance, Slavery, Land Tenure, Warfare & Justice Economy & Trade Domestic Architecture Each of the 50 volumes will be available to buy individually, and these are organized into regional sub-groups: East Central Africa, North-Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, West Central Africa, Western Africa, and Central Africa Belgian Congo. The volumes are supplemented with maps, available to view on routledge.com or available as a pdf from the publishers. Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- THE GALLA OF ETHIOPIA -- Introduction -- Note on Orthography -- Nomenclature and Tribal Grouping -- The names Oromo and Galla -- The Borana and the Baraytumā -- List of groups and tribes -- Physical characters -- Submerged classes or pariah groups -- Language and literature -- History -- Demography -- Physical Environment -- Main Features of Economy -- Livestock -- Agriculture -- Land tenure -- Food -- Calendar -- Division of labour -- Hunting -- Settlement pattern -- Slavery -- Trade -- Social Organization and Political Structure -- Social organization -- Political structure -- Political organization -- Legal procedure and sanctions -- Main Cultural Features -- Crafts -- Ritual and beliefs -- The Condition of the Galla in the 20th Century -- Bibliography -- 1. Ethiopic, Amharic and Galla records and documents -- 2. European sources -- 3. Maps of Galla land -- THE KINGDOM OF KAFA -- Note on Orthography -- Introduction -- Nomenclature -- Divisions of the People -- Language -- History -- Demography -- Physical Environment -- Main Featuresof Economy -- Social Organization and Political Structure -- Main Cultural Features -- The ManjŌ -- THE KINGDOM OF JANJERO -- Introduction -- Nomenclature -- Language -- History -- Physical Environmentand Demography -- Physical and Moral Characters -- Main Features of Economy -- Social Organization and Political Structure -- Main Cultural Features -- Bibliography -- 1. Kafa -- 2. Janjero -- Index