Amharic Folkloric Oral Traditions: Collections for Insiders and for Outsiders
Aethiopica, 2023 The two books of Amharic proverbs and the book of Amharic riddles under review document Amharic oral traditions far beyond what others have done previously. They all build on previous scholarship. In addition, each one adds new examples to what has been
Peter Unseth, Bitania Ze'amanuel
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'Why should I worry, since I have healthy feet?' A qualitative study exploring barriers to use of footwear among rural community members in northern Ethiopia. [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2016 Objective To explore the influence of personal, cultural and socioeconomic factors related to footwear use and non-use in northern Ethiopia. Design A qualitative study was conducted using focus group discussions and in-depth individual interviews.
Kelemework A +6 more
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Folksong based appraisal of bioecocultural heritage of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench): a new approach in ethnobiology. [PDF]
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2009 Background Sorghum is one of the main staple crops for the world's poorest and most food insecure people. As Ethiopia is the centre of origin and diversity for sorghum, the crop has been cultivated for thousands of years and hence the heritage of the ...
Mekbib F.
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Evaluation of wound healing and anti-inflammatory activity of the rhizomes of Rumex abyssinicus J. (Polygonaceae) in mice. [PDF]
BMC Complement Altern Med, 2015 Mulisa E, Asres K, Engidawork E.
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, 2011 Wolfgang Weiss, Shakespeare in Bayern und auf Bairisch (Shakespeare in Bavaria and in Bavarian Regional Dialects), Passau: Verlag Karl Stutz, 2008, 1st ed. Pp. 201. ISBN: 978-3-88849-090-3. Manfred Pfister and Jürgen Gutsch (eds.), William Shakespeare’
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African language books for children: issues for authors [PDF]
, 2011 Growing interest in bilingual education in sub-Saharan Africa has highlighted an urgent need for reading material in African languages. In this paper, we focus on authors, one of several groups of stakeholders with responsibility for meeting this demand.
Edwards, Viv, Ngwaru, Jacob Marriote
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The first novel in Xhosa [PDF]
, 2007 The first novel in the Xhosa language, USamson, written by the greatest figure in the history of Xhosa literature, S. E. K. Mqhayi (1875–1945), and published in 1907, is now lost.
Opland, Jeff
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Folk Knowledge in Maintaining Group Integration and Socio-economic Intimacy among the Arsi-Robe Peasants [PDF]
, 2020 The purpose of this article is to analyze the folk knowledge in maintaining folk group integration and socio-economic intimacy among the Arsi-Robe peasants.
Dubi, Yosef Beco, Yideg , Yeshaw Tesema
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Social Sciences and Humanities OpenThe Objective of this study is to examine the role of Project-Based Learning in improving the writing and sub-writing abilities (content, organization of ideas, word choice and use, language use, and Mechanism) of Amharic-speaking students.
Simegn Alemneh, Girma Gebrie
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Register of International Scholars in Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies [PDF]
, 2013 Tafla, Bairu
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