Ethiopian and African Studies

• Authors: Taddia I.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Ethiopian historiography is a separate field of research within the domain of African history. The article discusses the implications - in both positive and negative sense - of this area of studies in the context of African historiography. Eritrean studies are also included in this perspective given the impossibility to separate the two regions by an historical point of view. The authoress outlines three main challenges in Ethiopian studies today that she thinks deserve further attention: (1)the need to relocate Ethiopian studies in the wider field of African studies; (2)the importance of conducting oral research in a literate society; (3)the focus on a new research on political history after decades of social history. The article also discusses the role of Professor Joanna Mantel-Niecko in the field and her contribution that deserves a special mention.

Keywords

EN

ERITREAN STUDIES; ETHIOPIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Rocznik Orientalistyczny
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 59
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 255-264
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Taddia I.

• I. Taddia, Dipartimento di Discipline Storiche, Universita di Bologna, Italy

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA01914092