Amharic Oral Poems of the Peasantry in East Gojjam: Text, Classification, Translation and Commentary (Forschungen Zu Sprachen Und Kulturen Afrikas, Bd. 9.)

This book describes the poetic traditions and performance of the peasants of East Gojjam in Northwest Ethiopia and presents the major genres of Amharic oral poetry. The study provides fieldwork strategies, methodological issues and a critical review of the contributions of European and Ethiopian scholars to the study of Amharic oral poetry.