War and the Politics of Identity in Ethiopia: The Making of Enemies and Allies in the Horn of Africa

by Kjetil Tronvoll

Examines war and the impact of warfare on identity formation in Ethiopia.

Images of war, narratives of suffering and notions of ethnicity are intrinsically linked to Western perceptions of Africa. Filtered through a mostly international media the information of African wars is confined to narrow categories of explanation emerging from and adapted to a Western history and political culture. This book aims at reversing this process; to look at...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184701612X
• ISBN13: 9781847016126
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: James Currey
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.6"