Mapping the Boundaries of Otherness
Naming Caribbean Settlers in Ethiopia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12955326 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Giulia Bonacci (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 34-50 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Diaspora (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1872-5457 • E-ISSN: 1872-5465 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/18725465-00801002 |
| OpenAlex | W1277476618 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This paper analyses the stranger-host relationship through examples of names, which are taken or asserted by Caribbean Rastafari, and attributed or given to them by Ethiopians. In the late 1950s a Caribbean Rastafari population settled on the outskirts of Shashemene, a southern Ethiopian town. I explain how these settlers, inspired by a popular tradition of Ethiopianism, identify themselves as “real Ethiopians”. I analyse as well the names they claim (Jamaican, Rastafari) and the names given to them by Ethiopians ( sädätäñña färänjočč , tukkur americawi , balabbat and baria ). These names illustrate the changing representations the Ethiopians have of the Caribbeans and the shifting position of the latter in Ethiopian society. The complexities of the diasporic subject “returned home” and those of the national setting are discussed, thus mapping the boundaries of otherness at work. Based on extensive research in Jamaica and Ethiopia, this paper draws on archival, written, and oral sources in English and Amharic
Amharic · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Library science · Linguistics · Population · Sociology · Subject (documents · Anthropology · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Demography · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · History · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |