Jimma Abba Jifar,9781569020890

Jimma Abba Jifar

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ISBN13: 9781569020890
ISBN10: 1569020892
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-12-01
Publisher(s): Red Sea Pr
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Summary

The Kingdom of Jimma Abba Jifar, established ca,1830, was the largest and most powerful of five,monarchies formed by the Oromo peoples in,south-western Ethiopia. Based on extensive,fieldwork in the area, this work presents a study,of the history and organisation of Jimma under its,most powerful ruler, Abba Jifar II (1878-1932)stressing the political history and structure of,Jimma with a comparative perspective which notes,similarities and differences in processes and,structures to monarchical systems elsewhere in,Africa and the world.

Table of Contents

Introduction xiii
African Kingdoms and Monarchical Rule
3(16)
Appointment of officials
7(4)
Organization of administrative activity
11(3)
The aura of kingship
14(1)
The strategy of monarchical rule
15(4)
Historical and Ethnic Background
19(28)
Early Ethiopian history
20(3)
The Galla invasion
23(3)
Galla political organization
26(9)
History of Jimma Abba Jifar
35(12)
Economic and Community Life
47(21)
Environment
48(1)
Economic life
49(9)
Family kinship and community
58(10)
The Monarchy
68(12)
The palace
68(5)
The king
73(3)
The royal family
76(4)
The Officials
80(13)
Appointment
80(6)
Remuneration
86(1)
The king's ministers
87(2)
Provincial organization and administration
89(4)
Trade, Taxation, Warfare, and Justice
93(21)
Economic organization
93(8)
Military organization
101(8)
Conflict resolution and justice
109(5)
Processes of Monarchical Control in Jimma
114(9)
Recruitment of officials
115(1)
Control over the means of administration
116(3)
Control of special skills and the disenfranchised
119(1)
Other techniques of central control
120(1)
Communications
121(2)
The Origins of Monarchy and Despotism in Jimma
123(12)
Jimma compared to its neighbors
123(3)
The legacy of the pre-kingdom organization
126(5)
The influence of Islam
131(1)
Conclusions
132(3)
Afterword 135(8)
Bibliography 143(8)
Index 151

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