Book Review
June 12, 2010 at 10:09 PM Leave a comment
Book: ‘Contending Nationalisms of Oromia and Ethiopia: Struggling for Statehood, Sovereignty, and Multinational Democracy’ by Asafa Jalata
(Global Academic Publishing, Binghamton University, $34.95)
229 pages
If you are interested in issues of self-determination and multinational democracy, security, and development in the Eastern Africa, and have been puzzled by why decades of experimentation and foreign aid poured into the region yielded anything but desired outcomes, a new academic book by one of the foremost authorities in the region can help you understand the underlying causes.
If you are also more specifically interested in Oromo and Ethiopian studies, Eastern African and African studies, and studies of nationalisms and racism, this book has answers for you as to why democracy, self-determination, stability, development and peace have not been achieved in Eastern Africa.
Or if you have been reading books on Oromia, Ethiopia, and Eastern Africa that address the symptoms, but not the causes of the socio-economic problems in the region, this book will change the way you have so far perceived the region, the major issues, and players. Read more http://gadaa.com/oduu/?p=3985
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