
ISBN 978-3-89645-276-4
Oromo Oral Poetry Seen from Within
Edited by: Catherine Griefenow-Mewis, Tamene Bitima. With an introduction by: Wilhelm J.G. Möhlig. With contributions by: Debela Goshu, Ronny Meyer, Abdullahi A. Shongolo, Tadesse Jaleta Jirata, Tamene Bitima, Tesema Ta’a. Series edited by: Wilhelm J.G. Möhlig.
Series: Verbal Art and Documentary Literature in African Languages Volume 20
200491 pp.
Text language(s): English
Format: 160 x 240 mm
170 g
Paperback
€ 29.80
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CONTENTS
Wilhelm J.G. Möhlig:
Introduction
Tesema Ta’a:
Oromo traditional songs
Tamene Bitima:
On some Oromo historical poems
Abdullahi A. Shongolo:
Boran traditional blessings and prayers
Dabala Goshu / Ronny Meyer:
A people blessed and accursed by God – The Waata around lake Zway
Tadesse Jaleta Jirata:
Social functions of Oromo proverbs
Tamene Bitima:
Oromo riddles
In our programme further dictionaries, grammar und text books on Oromo and Oromo dialects have been published:
Accompanying material:
- A Concise Vocabulary of Orma Oromo (Kenya)
(ISBN 978-3-89645-063-0 ) - A Dictionary of Oromo Technical Terms
(ISBN 978-3-89645-295-5 ) - A Grammar of Boraana Oromo (Kenya)
(ISBN 978-3-89645-485-0 ) - A Grammatical Sketch of Written Oromo
(ISBN 978-3-89645-039-5 ) - Goldgrube
(ISBN 978-3-927620-29-2 ) - Towards the Genetic Classification of the Afaan Oromoo Dialects
(ISBN 978-3-89645-487-4 )
Cross-reference:
- Colloque international sur les langues couchitiques et les peuples qui les parlent – International Conference on Cushitic Languages and Peoples
(ISBN 978-3-89645-489-8 ) - Cushitic and Omotic Languages
(ISBN 978-3-927620-28-5 ) - Lehrbuch des Oromo
(ISBN 978-3-927620-05-6 ) - Lehrbuch des Oromo
(ISBN 978-3-89645-578-9 ) - Omotic and Cushitic Language Studies
(ISBN 978-3-89645-482-9 ) - Oromo Übungsbuch
(ISBN 978-3-927620-11-7 ) - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cushitic and Omotic Languages, Paris, 16-18 April 2008
(ISBN 978-3-89645-488-1 )
Reviews
Besonders hervorzuheben ist an dieser Stelle die Darstellung der Oromo-Wortkunst durch Muttersprachensprecher bzw. kulturelle Insider. [...] Die vorliegende Anthologie bietet [...] einen guten Überblick über die orale Wortkunst der Oromo und liefert neben einem breit gestreuten Textfundus Zugang zu dieser Literaturgattung, der kulturell Außenstehenden in solcher Form sonst nur unter großem Aufwand möglich ist.
Marc Seifert in Afrikanistik online, Februar 2005
The book is a valuable study of different aspects of Oromo oral poetry and its role in the social life of one of the largest ethnic groups in Ethiopia. It shows how the native researchers are active in preserving and caring for their verbal culture, which otherwise they fear might disappear.
Ewa Wolk in Studies of the Department of African Languages and Cultures, 37/2005, 124-127
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