Political and Socio-Economic History of Asossa Warada 1941-1991
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2011-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The focus of this thesis is reconstructing the administrative and socio-economic history of
Asossa wäräda from 1941-1991. The study covers the period from the restoration of
Emperor Haile Selassie I to power in 1941 till the downfall of the military government in
1991, in which the people of Asossa wäräda, similar to other rural populations of BélaŚangul,
experienced significant political and socio-economic developments.
The thesis deals with the role of strategic location and natural resources of the wäräda
in attracting foreign powers. Local traditions, cultural setup and the conflict of the local
chiefs to get control over political power and properties are studied. Tremendous efforts,
on the other hand, have been made to assess the decline and complete termination of
local self-administrative system during the imperial and the military regimes
respectively.
In fact, the indigenous Bärta rulers were appointed to rule over their people at different
political units during the imperial period. However, the central government did not allow
the people to select their immediate governors except in some cases. The study,
moreover, deals with the complete rejection of the self-government and administration in
the area and its subsequent political contests in the wäräda.
Moreover, the thesis deals with the massive social interaction between the indigenous
people and the highland peasantry after the 1974 Ethiopian revolution and the sociocultural,
economic and environmental changes that followed it. Comparisons are also
made on to what extent the socialist ideology was practiced on the indigenous and the
newly arrived highland villagers
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History , Asossa Warada