A History of Dambaca Warada to 1991
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2011-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Historical enquiry and research in Ethiopia has been for long centered on
general themes and historical developments that revolve around the national
historical phenomena. However, in the last decade or so attempts have been
made to reconstruct the history of many localities from a local vantage point. To
this end, apart from some references made in relation to the general historical
developments of Gojjam, it is difficult to find the history of the wäräda
explained in a relatively detailed way. It is towards filling the gap that the study
has been conducted.
The study concentrated on reconstructing the history of the wäräda to 1991. It
starts its historical analysis for the wäräda by exposing the different
developments that wäräda had experienced before the Italian occupation
period. Then it tries to discuss major historical events of the wäräda during the
occupation period. The restoration of the imperial rule and the changes the
restored imperial administration had introduced especially in relation to
administration and land relations and the subsequent reactions of the peasants
of the wäräda to the introduced changes are the main themes of analysis for
the period between 1941 and 1974.
The study also tried to see developments that the wäräda had experienced
during the Dergue regime. The new regime’s attempt to place its power on a
better footing by introducing several measures at a national had its own
negative and its challenges and positive effects in the socio-economic and
political lives of the peoples of the wäräda are the major areas of emphasis for
the study. Finally, the wäräda both during the imperial and during the Dergue
regime was inadequately furnished with basic socio-economic facilities
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Dambaca Warada