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2) The quest
Author
Description
After receiving a tip from a dying priest, four unlikely partners begin a quest to find the Holy Grail in the jungles of Ethiopia.
Pub. Date
[2014], c2012
Physical Desc
1 streaming video file (25 min.) : sd., col.
Description
This film explores how Indris Seid Yimer and Emyet Assen Woraki's lives have been transformed since 1984, when their Wollo area community was engulfed in a famine described by BBC journalist Michael Buerk as "the closest thing to hell on Earth." Featuring contributions from entrepreneur Samuel Alemu and financier Ermyas Amelga and showcasing the UNESCO World Heritage site in Lalibela.
Author
Series
Animalibus volume Volume 8
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xiii, 214 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Description
"An interdisciplinary study of the relationship between hyenas and the people of Harar, Ethiopia"--Provided by publisher
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 29 min., 45 sec.)) : sound, color.
Description
In Ethiopia's Omo Valley, children are being killed horrifically under an ancient tradition known as 'mingi'. Teeth growing in a certain order can bring a child a death sentence. One young tribesman strives for change through education and adopting the cursed children. But challenging tribal superstition isn't easy and as he battles to save lives, things are not all that they seem. This clever film will stay with you long after you watch it.
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Series
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations.
Description
The book is the most in-depth account of the fossil skull anatomy and evolutionary significance of the 3.6-3.0 million year old early human species Australopithecus afarensis. Knowledge of this species is pivotal to understanding early human evolution, because 1) the sample of fossil remains of A. afarensis is among the most extensive for any early human species, and the majority of remains are of taxonomically inormative skulls and teeth; 2) the...
Author
Series
Integration and conflict studies volume 18
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (308 pages).
Description
"How do the Kara, a small population residing on the eastern bank of the Omo River in southern Ethiopia, manage to be neither annexed nor exterminated by any of the larger groups that surround them? Through the theoretical lens of rhetoric, this book offers an interactionalist analysis of how the Kara negotiate ethnic and non-ethnic differences among themselves, the relations with their various neighbors, and eventually their integration in the Ethiopian...
18) Ethiopia
Series
Description
This documentary studies the cultural landscape of Ethiopia through the lens of that country's television programming. TV shows include... 120 Minutes, Feguegta Talk Show, The Blue Horse, Ke Naw, Tsehai the Giraffe Likes to Learn, Blue Nile, Ethiopian Idols.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Formats
Description
"A Companion to Medieval Ethiopia and Eritrea introduces readers to current research on major topics in the history and cultures of the Ethiopian-Eritrean region from the seventh century to the mid-sixteenth, with insights into foundational late-antique developments where appropriate. Multiconfessional in scope, it includes in its purview both the Christian kingdom and the Islamic and local-religious societies that have attracted increasing attention...





