Islam, Ethnicity, and Conflict in Ethiopia - The Bale Insurgency, 1963-1970

Discussing an armed insurgency in Ethiopia (1963-1970), this study offers a new perspective for understanding relations between religion and ethnicity.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Islaama peoplehood and landscapes of bale; 2. Conquest and resistance; 3. Bale at war; 4. The insurgency: fighters and fragmentation; 5. Peasant insurgency without peasants; 6. Land tenure and the land-clan connection; 7. Christianity, nation, and Amhara peoplehood; 8. Translocal dynamics: the Bale insurgency in the context of the horn; 9. Islaama vs. Amhara and the making of local antagonism; 10. The Bale insurgency, Islaama, and Oromo ethno-nationalism; Conclusions.

About the author

Terje Østebø is Associate Professor in the Center for African Studies and the Department of Religion, at the University of Florida where his research focuses on Islam in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa, and Salafism in Africa. He is the author of Localising Salafism (2012) and the co-editor of Muslim Ethiopia (2013).

Summary

Discussing an armed insurgency in south-eastern Ethiopia from 1963-1970, a time when a range of liberation struggles emerged across the Horn of Africa, this in-depth study offers a new perspective for understanding relations between religion, inter-religious relations, ethnicity, and ethno-nationalism during conflicts.

Product details

• Authors: Terje (University of Florida) Ostebo, Terje Østebø, Terje (University of Florida) Steb
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781108839686
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83968-6
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: African Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Ethnic Studies, HISTORY / Africa / General, Religion: general, Religious issues & debates, African History, Religious issues and debates, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity