The Rise of New Forms of Power in Africa: The Emergence of Big Men in the Afar Region of Ethiopia

This article chronicles the emergence of a new form of power in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. The Afar people are predominantly Muslim pastoralists who live in a territory referred to as the Afar-Triangle (located in Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea). Fieldwork for this study was conducted on Dobi in t...

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Main Author: Gemechu Adimassu Abeshu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Hradec Králové 2019-12-01
Series:Modern Africa
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Online Access:https://journals.uhk.cz/modernafrica/article/view/176
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