Decolonizing Religion and Peacebuilding
In: African affairs: the journal of the Royal African Society
ISSN: 1468-2621
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In: African affairs: the journal of the Royal African Society
ISSN: 1468-2621
In: The African review: a journal of African politics, development and international affairs, Band 51, Heft 1-2, S. 195-201
ISSN: 1821-889X
In: International affairs, Band 100, Heft 1, S. 445-446
ISSN: 1468-2346
In: International journal of refugee law, Band 35, Heft 3, S. 360-364
ISSN: 1464-3715
In: Journal of Asian and African studies: JAAS, S. 002190962311610
ISSN: 1745-2538
Ethiopia's nation-building is rife with accusations and claims of past atrocities and injustices from the time of Emperor Menelik's southward expansion to recent political discourse since 2018. This article attempts to capture these complexities embedded in the making of the modern Ethiopian state, critiquing both modernization and colonial theses used to explain this process, with an emphasis on Oromo politics, the legacy of political and ideological contradictions in these endeavours. Its analysis, how production and reproduction of Ethiopia's past has led to deep-seated divisions and complicated sense of common citizenship as a precondition for establishing stable democracy.
In: Canadian journal of development studies: Revue canadienne d'études du développement, Band 44, Heft 2, S. 293-311
ISSN: 2158-9100
In: Northeast African studies, Band 21, Heft 2, S. 183-226
ISSN: 1535-6574
Abstract
This article provides a chronological analysis of the Oromo social movements that have contributed to the recent major political changes in Ethiopia. It draws on theories of nonviolent social movements, political defiance, and the transition approach of democratization in analyzing the chain of event that led to political changes in early 2018. This helps put the protests in perspective in terms of Ethiopia's political trajectory, explaining how youth activists have played a role in advancing the conditions for the transition to democracy, bringing together fragmented, rival political forces and social groups in the interest of challenging the status quo and toppling a deeply entrenched authoritarian regime.