The Konso
Author | : Adolf Ellegard Jensen |
Publisher | : LIT Verlag Münster |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2021-01-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783643913135 |
ISBN-13 | : 3643913133 |
Rating | : 4/5 (133 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Konso written by Adolf Ellegard Jensen and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2021-01-25 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ethnography of the Konso people of southern Ethiopia by A. E. Jensen goes back to his research in Konso in 1954/55. Following his research, Jensen wrote the present work, which he did not publish. The book follows on from his book In the Land of Gada, published in 1936, which was based on his research in 1934/35 in the same region. It is a classic ethnography divided into the following chapters: The country and its people, social life, offices, clans and caste system, religious and spiritual life, and oral traditions. The ethnography is illustrated by historical photographs from the archives of the Frobenius Institute.