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Geerarsa Folksong as the Oromo National Literature a Study of Ethnography, Folklore, and Folklife in the Context of the Ethiopian Colonization of Oromia

Author: Tolesa, Addisu
SKU: PMRT.GEN.1930.00248

$219.65

Publisher: The Edwin Mellen Press
Number of Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780773481930
Publication Date: 1999
Condition: New

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A study of Geerarsa, a type of folksong of Ethiopia’s Oromo people, who reside in Oromia and Ethiopia as well as in diaspora in the West. In exploring their verbal art it attempts to address the social base and political scope of Oromo folklore. It presents Geerarsa as an important part of the Oromo’s values, attitudes, and history as they have struggled, and continue to struggle, against colonial oppression and win back their cultural and national identity.

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