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Spectrum Guide to Ethiopia
I have always been impressed by the quality of the used books that I ordered from Amazon until today.This was the first time that I received a book that really felt used.It's not in really bad shape and the price was still OK.However a photograph was cut out of it and I'm assuming that the seller didn't notice this.

the best
I think it goes without saying by this point, but this is by far the best book you could buy about travel in Ethiopia, I've read it about 3 times over now and I still really enjoy it.Theres not much out there about travel to Ethiopia, but even if there was, this book would stand head and shoulders above the rest

A Reliable Introduction to an Exotic Land
Guide books to Ethiopia are few and far between. However, the Spectrum Guide is all you will need to get an accurate glimpse into this far-away and often misunderstood land just now beginning to be touristed by the outside world.

There are section that cover almost every aspect of Ethiopian life: places, history, geography, food, art, religion, visitors' needs, wildlife, are just a few. The book is profusely illustrated with 200 gorgeous full-color photos abounding from practically every page.

If you are planning a trip to Ethiopia or just interested in learning about the culturally-3000 year old part of our world, once known as Abyssinia, then do pick up the Spectrum Guide to Ethiopia and get carried away to the exotic! ... Read more

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How do communities grapple with the challenges of reconstruction after conflicts? In one of the first in-depth ethnographic accounts of refugee repatriation anywhere in the world, Laura C. Hammond follows the story of Ada Bai, a returnee settlement with a population of some 7,500 people. In the days when refugees first arrived, Ada Bai was an empty field along Ethiopia’s northwest border, but it is now a viable—arguably thriving—community.

For the former refugees who fled from northern Ethiopia to eastern Sudan to escape war and famine in 1984 and returned to their country of birth in 1993, "coming home" really meant creating a new home out of an empty space. Settling in a new area, establishing social and kin ties, and inventing social practices, returnees gradually invested their environment with meaning and began to consider their settlement home. Hammond outlines the roles that gender and generational differences played in this process and how the residents came to define the symbolic and geographical boundaries of Ada Bai.

Drawing on her fieldwork from 1993 to 1995 and regular shorter periods since, Hammond describes the process by which a place is made meaningful through everyday practice and social interaction. This Place Will Become Home provides insight into how people cope with extreme economic hardship, food insecurity, and limited access to international humanitarian or development assistance in their struggle to attain economic self-sufficiency. ... Read more

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Chapters: Chencha, Kele, Ethiopia, Lake Abaya, Mudula, Konteb, Bench, Chena, Wenago, Ela, Konso, Mago National Park, Shebedino, Gilgel Gibe River, Bule, Lake Chamo, Loma Bosa, Tiya, Boreda Abaya, Bensa, Dara, Kochere, Mareka Gena, Gofa Zuria, Arbegona, Kindo Koysha, Aroresa, Dita Dermalo, Angacha, Mizan Teferi, Zala Ubamale, Kemba, Bonke, Telo, Durame, Gidole, Boditi, Anderaccha, Masha, Irgachefe, Bulki, Shinshicho, Sagan, Ethiopia, Gamu-Gofa, Fofa, Ethiopia, Soyama, Derba, Yetebon, Ethiopia, Kibish River, Aan Lemo Woreda, Tippi Airport, Arba Minch Airport, Wacca Airport, Mizan Teferi Airport, Weito River, Sagan River, Baco Airport, Usno River, Aruro Island. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 136. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Lake Abaya (Abaya Hayk in Amharic) is a lake in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region of Ethiopia. It was named Lake Margherita by the Italian explorer Vittorio Bottego, the first European commonly thought to visit the lake, to honor the wife of king Umberto I of Italy, Queen Margherita. This name appears in older publications, and currently is rarely used. However, the American explorer Arthur Donaldson Smith records that the local inhabitants, who included an eye witness of the event, told him that the Italian explorer Eugene Ruspoli (died 1891) was killed by an elephant near the lake, which happened before Bottego reached Lake Abaya. Lake Abaya is located in the Great Rift Valley, east of the Guge Mountains. It is fed on its northern shore by the Bilate which rises on the southern slopes of Mount Gurage, and the Gidabo. The town of Arba Minch lies on its southwestern shore, and the southern shores are part of the Nechisar National Park. Just to the south is Lake Chamo. Lake Abaya is 60 kilometers long and 20 wide, with a surface area of...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2571727 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Review, published by American Geographical Society on October 1, 2002. The length of the article is 842 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Adventures in the Bone Trade: The Race to Discover Human Ancestors in Ethiopia's Afar Depression.(Book Review) (book review)
Author: James L. Newman
Publication: The Geographical Review (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 2002
Publisher: American Geographical Society
Volume: 92Issue: 4Page: 610(3)

Article Type: Book Review

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Chapters: Hurso, Āwuberē, Fiq, Ethiopia, Softu, Ferfer, Kebri Dahar, Danan, Ethiopia, Jaldessa, Hamero, Degehabur, Dihun, Shilavo, Debeweyin, Gerbo, Bare, Elekere, Afdem, Gursum, Somali, Dolobay, Cherti, Ethiopia, Kebri Beyah, Geladin, Segeg, Shinile, Babille, Somali, Degehamedo, Derwonaji, Gode Airport, Bike, Ethiopia, Mieso, Somali, Raaso, Lasarat, Welwel, Ethiopia, Jijiga Airport, Weldiya, Hararghe, Kulibi, Kabri Dar Airport, Abole, Gotha, Ethiopia, Buur Ukur, Shilavo Airport. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 97. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Hararghe (Somali: ) was a province in the eastern part of Ethiopia, with its capital in Harar. Hararghe included Ethiopia's part of the Ogaden. In 1960, the province south of the Shebelle River was made into its own province, Bale. With the adoption of the new constitution in 1995, Hararghe was divided between the Oromia and Somali Regions, forming a large part of the latter. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=24710044 ... Read more