Background. Pain and inflammation are the major health problems commonly treated with traditional remedies mainly using medicinal plants. Leonotis ocymifolia is one of such medicinal plants used in folkloric medicine of Ethiopia. However, the plant has not been scientifically evaluated.
Asnakech Alemu +4 more
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Music of the Ethiopian American Diaspora: A Preliminary Overview [PDF]
Since the inception of the Ethiopian revolution in the mid-1970's, the forced migration of large numbers of Ethiopians has resulted in the establishment of new permanent communities of Ethiopians in the United States.
Shelemay, Kay Kaufman
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Croton macrostachyus is widely used as herbal medicine by the indigenous people of tropical Africa. The potential of C. macrostachyus as herbal medicine, the phytochemistry, and pharmacological properties of its parts used as herbal medicines are reviewed. The extensive literature survey revealed that C.
Alfred Maroyi, Ghee T. Tan
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Comparative Analysis of Some Tigrinya Proverbs [PDF]
The present article largely draws upon the author’s thesis dealing with the topics of birth and death in Tigrinya proverbs, submitted at the Free University of Berlin, Germany.
Busau, Filip
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A Critical Discourse Analysis of COVID-19 in Ethiopia: Rethinking the Past and Defining the Present [PDF]
The purpose of this study is to unearth the landscape of social media and analyse the contents. Contents of social media, in Ethiopia, are varying over the course of changes in politics, health, socio-economic conditions of the country.
Baye, Getachew +2 more
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Shepherd’s Oral Poetry Creativity, Performance, Transmission and Content Analysis in South Wollo Zone, Ethiopia [PDF]
This study was conducted on Shepherd’s oral poetry in the Northern part of Ethiopia, South Wollo Zone, Legambo Woreda. It aimed to describe the creativity, performance, transmission of the poets' poems, to analyze the content, show their imagination and
Akalu, Almaz Zewdu
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The oppression of isiXhosa literature and the irony of transformation [PDF]
his article will contend that the natural development of isiXhosa orature and literature, as with all South African indigenous literatures, ended with the arrival of European missionaries in 1799.
Kaschula, Russell H
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An Analysis of Prohibitions Related to Coil Sewing and Weaving Works in South Wollo, Ethiopia [PDF]
The main purpose of this study is to examine the prohibitions related to coil sewing and weaving in South Wollo. The primary reasons for the study are its limitations in this regard, the existence of benefits, and practical problems. The type of study is
Tesfayu, Berhanu Bogale
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Socio-cultural Benefits of Curses and Blessings in South Wollo, Ethiopia [PDF]
The study was based on the socio-cultural significance of blessing and curses in Worailu Woreda South Wollo Zone Ethiopia The main aim of this study was to study the origin of blessings and curses and to demonstrate in detail their benefits and ...
Almaz Zewdu Akalu
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Gertrud Schneider-Blum, ed. Máakuti t’awá shuultáa: Proverbs Finish the Problems: Sayings of the Alaaba (Ethiopia). (Köln 2009) – (Peter Unseth) [PDF]
Máakuti t’awá shuultáa: Proverbs Finish the Problems: Sayings of the Alaaba (Ethiopia). Ed. Gertrud Schneider-Blum. (Verbal Art and Documentary Literature in African Languages, 28.) Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag. 2009.
Unseth, Peter
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