Understanding Global Cultures

enlarged map
from -- The CIA World Factbook

Injera and several kinds of wat (stew).
Wikipedia

"Lucy"
Australopithecus afarensis

In the News . . .

• After an official declaration of famine in Somalia, supplies begin to arrive -- The Scout Report, August 5, 2011 | Volume 17, Number 31
  
  
• UN declared famine in Somalia <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14211905> <Q&A: East Africa hunger crisis>.
  • Minnesota has one of the largest Somali populations outside of the country, and hence there is more than the normal local interest in unfolding events in that country: “Minnesota Somalis unite to aid starving homeland” <http://www.startribune.com/local/125991208.html> (StarTribune, 22 July 2011).
    
    
• Ancient Settlement Discovered in the Ethiopian Highlands -- Past Horizons (06 June 2011)

• maps
  • Atlas of Ethiopia -- Wikimedia
  • Ethiopia -- The CIA World Factbook
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• UMD Library Catalogue
  • JSTORE
    
    
• The Library of Congress
  • Global Gateway > Portals to the World > Country Studies > Ethiopia
    
    
• country profiles
  • Ethiopia -- The CIA World Factbook
  • Ethiopia -- U.S. Department of State
  • Ethiopia -- BBC News
  • Ethiopia -- NationMaster.com
  • Ethiopia -- Library of Congress Country Studies
  • Ethiopia -- Wikipedia
  • Ethiopia -- CountryReports.org
  • Ethiopia -- Eldis -- Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
    • Africa South of the Sahara
      
      
• Region > Africa > Sub-Saharan > Ethiopia -- Council on Foreign Relations
  
  
• cultures
  • Nations, nationalities and peoples -- Wikipedia
    • Amhara
    • Oromo
    • Somali
    • Tigray

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• general information
  • Adminet > World > Africa > Ethiopia
    
    
• timelines
  • Ethiopia -- BBC News
  • Africa > East Africa > Ethiopia -- CNT News Timeline
  • Ethiopian calendar-- Wikipedia
    
    
• holidays
  • Public holidays in Ethiopia -- Wikipedia
  • Public and Banking Holidays for Ethiopia -- Q++ Studio
    
    
• travel
  • Ethiopia travel guide -- Wikitravel
  • Ethiopian Tourism Commission
    
    
• national anthem
  • Wodefit Gesgeshi, Widd Innat Ityopp'ya -- "March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia"
  • national-anthems.net / with lyrics
  • thenationalanthems.com

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• newspapers / newsnetworks specific to Ethiopia and its environs
  • Vanguard
  • This Day
  • Ethiopia -- Wikinews
  • The Internet Public Library > Newspapers > Africa > Ethiopia
  • topix.net » Front Page » World News » Africa » Ethiopia
  • economist.com > countries >
  • GlobalEDGE: International Resource Desk > Country Insights > Ethiopia
    
    
• newspapers / newsnetworks of regional and African scope
  • AllYouCanRead.com
  • The New York Times Knowledge Network
  • The Internet Public Library > Newspapers > Africa
  • OnlineNewspapers.com
  • topix.net » Front Page » World News » Africa
    
    
• radio
  • OneWorld Radio
  • The World -- BBC World Service, PRI and WGBH Boston

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• government / government resources
  • Embassy of Ethiopia, Washington, D.C.
  • U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • Ethiopian Ministry of Information
    
    
  • Commonwealth Foundation
    
    
  • U.S. International Information Programs: Africa -- U.S. policy and issues focusing on Africa south of the Sahara Desert

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• languages (77-84)
  • Languages of Africa > Ethiopia -- Wikipedia
    • Categories
  • PanAfrican > Localisation -- Wikipedia
  • Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Ethiopia
    
    
• food
  • Food in Every Country > Food in Ethiopia
  • African cuisine > Ethiopian cuisine -- Wikipedia
    • media >
  • Cookbook > Recipes > Cuisines > African cuisines > Ethiopia -- Wikipedia
    • Cookbook:Cuisine of Ethiopia
  • World Food Habits > Sub-Saharan Bibliography -- Robert Dirks
  • Ethiopia -- Anthropology of Food-Food Science
  • Ethiopian chefs -- Wikipedia
  • Food in Ethiopia -- Food in Every Country
  • Ethiopia’s Lasting Legacy of Famine -- Telegraph (27 May 2013)
    
    
• religion
  • Internet Sacred Text Archive
    • African Religions
  • The Islamic World to 1600 -- University of Calgary
  • Sacred -- British Library

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• the arts
  • Timeline of Art History > Eastern Africa > -- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    
    
• architecture
  • Vernacular Architecture of the World: Great Buildings Online > Architecture of Africa -- Kevin Matthews and Artifice, Inc.
    
    
• cities
  • Cities Around the World > Addis Ababa -- University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
    
    

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• other WebSites
  • People of Ethiopia -- Wikipedia
  • Ethiopian people by occupation -- Wikipedia
  • List of Ethiopians -- Wikipedia
  • Category: Ethiopian people -- Wikipedia
  • Archaeology in Ethiopia -- Wikipedia
  • Africa south of the Sahara > Ethiopia
  • Al-Islam.org -- Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project (DILP)
  • UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences
  • Global Voices Online > Ethiopia -- Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School
  • H-Net Discussion Networks -- Humanities and Social Sciences ONLINE
    • H-AfResearch -- Primary Sources in African Studies
    • H-Africa -- African History and Culture
    • H-AfrPol -- Current African Politics
    • H-Gender-MidEast -- Gender in the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Western Asia, Iran, and the Mediterranean
    • H-West-Africa -- West African History and Culture
  • UNESCO WebWorld Portals >> Observatory Portal on the Information Society >> Regions >> [International] >> Africa >> Ethiopia
  • Selected Online Resources for Islam -- Pluralism Project, Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University
  • Echoes of Africa: Musical clips and information about musical instruments across Africa -- BBC
  • Observatory of Cultural Policies in Africa
  • African Union
  • culture-bound syndromes
    • brain fag
  • International Council of African Museums
  • International Network for Higher Education in Africa
  • Battle of Adwa 1896 -- Raymond Jonas

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• video
• The Hammar Trilogy
  • Part 1: The women who smiles (DVD 1721)
  • Part 2: Two Girls Go Hunting (DVD 1721 or DVD 1721)
  • Part 3: Our way of loving (DVD 1721)
    
    
• The Nuer (75 min., 1970, VC 3236, parts. 1 and 2)