| Description |
310 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 36 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Awards |
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, 1991. |
| Contents |
Prayers of stone : the Christian highlands: Lalibela and Axum -- The heavenly world : Gondar: the Falasha and Amhara -- The desert at the mountains' feet : Peoples of Eritrea and the Rift valley -- Empire of the senses : the Islamic coast -- Gaunt and leopard-coloured lands : Somali nomads of the Ogaden desert -- Spirit worlds : the Oromo pigrimage to Sheikh Hussein and the caves of Sof Omar -- Peoples of the morning : Southwest Ethipia: the Konso, Borana and Hamar -- Peoples of the wilderness : the Omo river and Southwest Ethiopia: the Bumi, Mursi, Anauk, Nuer and Surma -- Epitaph to an idea : the Karo of the Omo river. |
| Subject |
Ethnology -- Horn of Africa.
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Horn of Africa -- Social life and customs.
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Ethnology. (OCoLC)fst00916106
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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Africa -- Horn of Africa.
(OCoLC)fst01719937
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| Added Author |
Fisher, Angela.
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Hancock, Graham.
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| ISBN |
0810919028 |
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9780810919020 |
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0002727803 (COLLINS HARVILL) |
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9780002727808 (COLLINS HARVILL) |
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