Lema, Bisrat (2011) A History of Humbo Wäräda, 1941-1991. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
The thesis tries to reconstruct the socio-economic and political history of Humbo Wäräda of Wolaitta Zone, focusing in the periods between 1941 and 1991. It mainly depends on the critical analysis of archival sources and oral information. The traditional socio-economic and political system of Humbo was replaced by a new system after the area became part of imperial Ethiopia in 1894. Especially after 1903, the land distribution and the subsequent institutionalization of the näfŃäňa -gäbbar system in the area completely changed the local people’s traditional way of life. The socio-economic and administrative changes made by the imperial government in the post- 1941 period also brought little improvement in the life of most of the local people of the district. The economic exploitation and socio-cultural suppressions continued until 1974. The administrative injustice in the district also continued unabated throughout the imperial period. This was worsened by the reluctance of local governors to implement the rules and regulations of central government properly in the area. Opposing this, the local people made successive petitions to the higher administrations; sometimes up to the central government but such petitions often bore no result. The 1974 revolution and its subsequent formation of provisional administration was accepted with jubilation by most of the local people of the district in the early periods as it provided them the right over the ownership of land and freed from economic exploitation and sociocultural suppression. However, later they developed hatred against the Därg due to the implementation of some of its unpopular policies by force.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CB History of civilization D History General and Old World > D History (General) D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D839 Post-war History, 1945 on |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Selom Ghislain |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Sep 2018 08:42 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Sep 2018 08:42 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/5553 |
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