Jimma Abba Jifar: An Oromo Monarchy Ethiopia 1830-1932 With a Post-Script

By Herbert S. Lewis

The Kingdom of Jimma Abba Jifar, established ca 1830, was the largest and most powerful of five monarchies formed by the Oromo peoples in south-western Ethiopia. Based on extensive fieldwork in the area, this work presents a study of the history and organisation of Jimma under its most powerful ruler, Abba Jifar II (1878-1932), stressing the political history and structure of Jimma with a comparative perspective which notes similarities and differences in processes and structures to monarchical systems elsewhere in Africa and the world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569020892
• ISBN13: 9781569020890
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Red Sea Pr
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.3"