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Ethiopian Warriorhood - Defence, Land and Society 1800-1941 (Hardcover)
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Ethiopian Warriorhood - Defence, Land and Society 1800-1941 (Hardcover)
Series: Eastern Africa Series
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The history of the often-overlooked chewa Ethiopian warriors and
their crucial role in defending their homeland against invasion, as
well as their strong influence on political identity and the social
infrastructure. Today best known for their role in defending
Ethiopia from Italian invasion 1935-41, chewa warriors protected
Ethiopia for centuries. Yet, depicted by some 19th-century Western
observers as little more than "a horde" of warmongers, and later
suppressed by Ethiopian monarchs who sought to create a centralized
modern state, their contribution has been neglected. Drawing on
oral and written sources, as well as the zeraf poetry through which
theyexpressed themselves, this book explores for the first time in
depth the history, practices and principles of warriorhood of the
chewa, and their wider influence on society and state. Often
self-trained individuals who began by defending their communities,
by the end of the 19th century there were chewa warrior groups from
almost all linguistic groups who fought together to resist foreign
invaders. Some chewa enrolled in the service of the Ethiopian
"kings of kings", who organized them as named corps that
supplemented the formal defence of the state. Today, chewa
political identity, which transcended social, familial, political
and other groupings, remains deeply rooted in Ethiopian society.
Tsehai Berhane-Selassie taught Social Anthropology, Gender and
Development Studies in universities in Ethiopia, the UK, the USA
and Ireland. She is a former member of The Institute for Advanced
Study, Princeton. Her publications include editing Gender Issues in
Ethiopia.
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