Author: Walter Chichele Plowden
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Category : Ethiopia
Languages : en
Pages : 512

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Author: Walter Chicele Plowden
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 540

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Author: Walter Chichele Plowden
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282497057
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 508

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Excerpt from Travels in Abyssinia and the Galla Country: With an Account of a Mission to Ras Ali in 1848 Accordingly, in 1848, this gentleman returned to Massowah, charged, as his first duty, with a mission to Ras Ali, then the de facto ruler of Abyssinia; and from that time till 1860 he remained in the interior, detained there at first by his duties, and afterwards by the occupa tion of the road to Massowah by a powerful rebel. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Walter Chichele Plowden
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015854123
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: Walter Chichele Plowden
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ISBN: 9780576171076
Category : Ethiopia
Languages : en
Pages : 485

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Author: Walter Chichele Plowden
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230389974
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXI. Mission To Bas Ali--concluded. THE RAS SIGNS THE TREATY--THE CAMP STARVING--PLUNDER-ING THE RAS'S ANGER--COMPLAINT AGAINST ME--A TIFF WITH THE RAS TAKE LEAVE OF HIM, AND JOIN MY APPOINTED ESCORT, AMORO HAILO--START FOR MAYCHA DY DAMOT--HARDSHIPS OF THE JOURNEY ARRIVAL IN BEGEMDER. Soon after this, the Ras told me that he would sign the Treaty, and that I might prepare to start with the Wagshoom, who was returning to his country of Sokota, to fight with his cousin, who had broken out of prison and made himself master of the province. Accordingly, one morning, I went into his inner tent, and had the Treaty read to him by my scribe. After the Abyssinian manner, he kept talking to his favourite shoomeree about a horse that was tied in the tent, and that was nearly treading me under foot half a dozen times (we all sat on the ground, the Bas inclusive). On his asking me some trifling question, in answer, I begged his attention to what was being read, to which he assented, and yawned exceedingly; however, it was got through, some points having been explained and dwelt upon by me. Whereupon, the Eas said that he saw no harm whatever in the document; on the contrary, that it was excellent, but appeared to him exceedingly useless, inasmuch as he did not suppose, as Abyssinia was then constituted, that one English merchant would or could enter it in ten years. He then sealed the two copies, and gave his own to a favourite deftara, with orders to take it to Devra Tabor, and lock it up there. Now it is probably destroyed, THK CAMP STARVING--PLUNDERING. 421 the Eas's house having been plundered and burnt by Dejaj Kasai in 1853. He then yawned again, and when I told him that I was ready to start with the Wagshoom, whose troops were...

Author: Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
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Category : Catalogs, Classified
Languages : en
Pages : 914

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Author: T. Etefa
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137091630
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 419

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This book analyzes the development of indigenous religious, commercial, and political institutions among the Oromo mainly during the relatively peaceful two centuries in its history, from 1704 to 1882. The largest ethnic group in East Africa, the Oromo promoted peace, cultural assimilation, and ethnic integration.

Author: James C. McCann
Publisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 0821445138
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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Malaria is an infectious disease like no other: it is a dynamic force of nature and Africa’s most deadly and debilitating malady. James C. McCann tells the story of malaria in human, narrative terms and explains the history and ecology of the disease through the science of landscape change. All malaria is local. Instead of examining the disease at global or continental scale, McCann investigates malaria’s adaptation and persistence in a single region, Ethiopia, over time and at several contrasting sites. Malaria has evolved along with humankind and has adapted to even modern-day technological efforts to eradicate it or to control its movement. Insecticides, such as DDT, drug prophylaxis, development of experimental vaccines, and even molecular-level genetic manipulation have proven to be only temporary fixes. The failure of each stand-alone solution suggests the necessity of a comprehensive ecological understanding of malaria, its transmission, and its persistence, one that accepts its complexity and its local dynamism as fundamental features. The story of this disease in Ethiopia includes heroes, heroines, witches, spirits—and a very clever insect—as well as the efforts of scientists in entomology, agroecology, parasitology, and epidemiology. Ethiopia is an ideal case for studying the historical human culture of illness, the dynamism of nature’s disease ecology, and its complexity within malaria.

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Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004500383
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 629

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Christian-Muslim Relations, a Bibliographical History19 (CMR 19), covering Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean in the period 1800-1914, is a further volume in a general history of relations between the two faiths from the 7th century to the early 20th century. It comprises a series of introductory essays and the main body of detailed entries. These treat all the works, surviving or lost, that have been recorded. They provide biographical details of the authors, descriptions and assessments of the works themselves, and complete accounts of manuscripts, editions, translations and studies. The result of collaboration between numerous new and leading scholars, CMR 19, along with the other volumes in this series, is intended as a basic tool for research in Christian-Muslim relations. Section Editors: Ines Aščerić-Todd, Clinton Bennett, Luis F. Bernabé Pons, Jaco Beyers, Emanuele Colombo, Lejla Demiri, Martha Frederiks, David D. Grafton, Stanisław Grodź, Alan Guenther, Vincenzo Lavenia, Arely Medina, Diego Melo Carrasco, Alain Messaoudi, Gordon Nickel, Claire Norton, Reza Pourjavady, Douglas Pratt, Charles Ramsey, Peter Riddell, Umar Ryad, Cornelia Soldat, Charles Tieszen, Carsten Walbiner, Catherina Wenzel