This paper tells the story of four families in Gta in South Wlo, a Muslim community in rural Ethiopia with a long history. It depicts their lives during a recent period of drought and famine, where the effects of the killer famine of 1984 are still felt. The story provides a rare glimpse of the human suffering behind the grim statistics of poverty and famine in the country. The stories tell of their trading activities and links with the district town, providing insights into the relationships, tensions, and bonds of reciprocity between urban and rural communities.
This paper tells the story of four families in Gta in South Wlo, a Muslim community in rural Ethiopia with a long history. It depicts their lives duri...
Based on ethnographic studies in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East, this book explores the edges of the global transformative forces that are associated with the neoliberal order of today. At the edge, the situation is characterized by uncertainty, despair, hope, and vulnerability as old social patterns are consumed and new emerge.
Based on ethnographic studies in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East, this book explores the edges of the global transformative forces that are associ...
