Culture: Ethiopia
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Aethiopica: International
Journal of Ethiopian Studies (Hamburg, Germany) (http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/AETHIOPICA/)
Begun with vol 1 in 1998, this journal offers essays, bibliographies and book
reviews in "all aspects of linguistics, philology, history, archeology,
palaeography, religion(s), traditional art and culture as well as ethnology (anthropology)
in the Horn of Africa."
Africa
- Explore the Regions - Ethiopian Highlands (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/explore/ethiopia/ethiopia%5Foverview.html)
Produced by PBS, presents attractively presented essays with illustrations about
the peoples, history and environmental concerns of Ethiopia.
Association for the Return of The Maqdala Ethiopian
Treasures (AFROMET) (http://www.afromet.org)
This site calls for "the restitution of other treasures from Maqdala - an
invaluable collection of ecclesiastical and other manuscripts, tabots, processional
crosses, a golden chalice and a golden crown, and other cultural artifacts held
at British institutions, including the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert
Museum, the British Library, the Bodleian Library, and the Royal Library, Windsor
Castle."
A
Collection of Essays (http://www.abyssiniacybergateway.net/ethiopia/history/pankhurst.html)
Essays by this prolific author are topically arranged and cover a range of subjects
in the humanities.
Debre Hayq Art
Gallery (http://www.the3rdman.com/ethiopianart/contents.html)
May be viewed in English or Amharic versions. Offers biographies of Ethiopian
artists, information about Ethiopian traditional and contemporary art, and links
to other sites.
Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com/)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides
numerous narrative articles on its history, culture, politics.
Harar Network (http://www.ethiosearch.com/newhararis/portal%5Fcontent.asp)
"
The foundation of Harar goes back to the foundation of the first Muslim
sultanate at the central and southern Ethiopia in 896 A.D. ... Despite its commercial,
religious and cultural importance, Harar was for centuries a closed and mysterious
city until the early 19th centuries. After the defeat at the battle of challanqo
[sic] in 1887, by Melelik of Shewa, Harar ceased to be an independent state and
was forced to become part of Ethiopia. Today Harar is the smallest state in the
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethipia [sic], located in the south eastern about
526 km from Addis Ababa."
Institute of Ethiopian Studies (http://www.ies-ethiopia.org)
"The Institute of Ethiopian Studies (IES), the oldest of the five research
institutes within the Addis Ababa University system, was founded in 1963. The
Institute was established to develop and operate the library and ethnographic
museum, to publish the Journal of Ethiopian Studies and other publications, as
well as to co-ordinate, and encourage research and serve as the center of Ethiopian
studies at the national and international levels."
Jimma Institute of Health Sciences (Jimma, Ethiopia) (http://www.telecom.net.et/%7Ejunv.edu/)
"Jimma University (JU) is an autonomous public higher educational institution
established in December 1999 by the amalgamation of Jimma College of Agriculture
(founded in 1952) and Jimma Institute of Health Sciences (established in 1983).
It is Ethiopia's first innovative Community Oriented Educational Institution
of higher learning located 335km south west of Addis Ababa at Jimma Town."
Lafayette Negative Collection
at the Victoria and Albert Museum (http://lafayette.150m.com/ethiopia.html)
In the collection, ..." are the images in the series of photographs made
during the visit of Ras Ma¨konnen [later known as Emperor Haile Selassie]
to London in 1902."
Love Ethiopia (http://www.myethiopia.info)
Helpful source for Ethiopian art exhibitions scheduled in the U.S. and other
cultural information.
MediaEthiopia (http://www.ethiopians.com/)
"Web-site for Ethiopian News, Views, Literature, Arts, Culture, History
and People."
Meskot (http://www.geocities.com/meskot%5Fweb/)
Poetry and short stories in Amharic and English are posted as well as links to
similar sites.
Open
Directory Portal Page on Islam (http://dmoz.org/Society/Religion%5Fand%5FSpirituality/Islam/Quran/)
The Open Directory Projects portal page on Islam offers hundreds of citations
on various aspects of Islam as practiced around the globe, as well as sites which
contain the complete Arabic and English texts of the Koran.
RecipeSource (http://www.recipesource.com/ethnic/africa/ethiopian)
A search by country in RecipeSource, the new website of SOAR: The Searchable
Online Archive of Recipes, yields traditional recipes in English from countries
around the world.
United Nations (http://www.un.org)
The official site of the United Nations provides articles, reports, etc. in several
languages on all aspects of the initiatives and mission of that organization
as well as on the contemporary life, culture, society, international relations,
etc. of all the countries and peoples of the world.
Zerihun Yetmgeta:
Ethiopian Artist (http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/%7Ezerihun/index2.html)
Described on this site in an essay by Raymond A. Silverman as "perhaps the
best known Ethiopian artist," biographical information, reviews and illustrations
of this artist's work are offered.
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