Abbebe Kifleyesus

Biographic Data

ID206612
NAMEAbbebe Kifleyesus
GIVEN NAMESAbbebe
FAMILY NAMEKifleyesus
SIGNATUREKIFLEYESUS A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Asmara
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS7
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
H-INDEX1

  • Harald Aspen

    Open AccessAbbebe KifleyesusARTICLEAethiopica2013

    Review

  • The Argobba of Ethiopia are not the Language they Speak

    Open AccessAbbebe KifleyesusARTICLEAethiopica2012

    The Argobba of southeastern Wällo and northeastern Šäwa live amongst and speak the languages of the Amhara and the Oromo with great ease as if they are members of these ethnic groups. For them Amharic and Afaan Oromoo are the languages of administration and market transaction and therefore important for Argobba survival in a region domi-nated by these two ethno-linguistic groups. Yet the Argobba I met in these lands identified themselves as Argob…

  • In vino veritas

    Abbebe KifleyesusARTICLEAnnales d Ethiopie2011

    Rural Amhara drinking is associated with a specialised lexicon related to producing, distributing and ritually consuming drinks in communal settings. Here the drinking register is part of individual agency through which the meaning of specific ritual events is negotiated. Amhara cultural norms of heightened potency and diminished responsibility allow drunken speakers to extend their linguistic repertoires and to challenge established social relat…

  • Jeberti Women Traders'Innumeracy

    Abbebe KifleyesusARTICLEL Homme2009Cited by: 1References: 54

    Cet article etudie, de maniere critique, l’incidence des traditions culturelles de comptage et de calcul sur les transactions normales entre des femmes negociantes, pour la plupart illetrees et ne sachant pas compter, et leurs clients paysans, que ce soit sur les marches de Mendefera et d’Addi Khwala, ou de leurs alentours, en Erythree. Il montre aussi comment des systemes de numeration non ecrits et transmis oralement sont mobilises par ces femm…

  • Folk-fairs and Festivals

    Open AccessAbbebe KifleyesusARTICLECahiers d études africaines2007References: 20

    Fêtes populaires et festivals. Préservation culturelle et formation de l’identité nationale en Érythrée. – L’État d’Érythrée promeut les fêtes populaires et les festivals afin de mettre en œuvre sa politique d’« unité dans la diversité » et de créer l’interaction et la cohésion dans la population. Ces manifestations régionales et nationales offrent un terrain d’interaction entre les communautés locales et l’État où celles-là attendent des bénéfic…

  • Food Familiarity and Novelty in a Condition of Socio-economic Transformation in North-Central Ethiopia

    Abbebe KifleyesusARTICLEJournal of Eastern African Studies2007References: 19

    This article is about ideas and practices concerning production, distribution, preparation and consumption of food among the Argobbā of Ethiopia. It examines how Argobbā consumers have become accustomed to foreign foods and new modes of preparation and distribution of foods; how such changes have also altered the ways in which food has expressed social relations in terms of class, ethnic and gender identity; and looks at food politics and aesthet…

  • Muslims and Meals

    Open AccessAbbebe KifleyesusARTICLEAfrica2002Cited by: 6References: 27

    This article is about ideas and practices concerning the production, distribution, preparation and consumption of food among the Muslim Argobba of Ethiopia. Food among the Muslim Argobba of Ethiopia is an essential idiom, both for drawing a hierarchy of in-group/out-group distinctions and for expressing relationships within groups. The in-group/out-group relations are typically expressed in terms of what foods are consumed by the Muslim Argobba a…