Buna

Oromo Women Gathering for Coffee

Bibliographic Data

ID2365160
AuthorsJanet Yedes (Kean University, corresponding author), Robbin Clamons (University of Minnesota at Minneapolis), Amal Osman (University of Minnesota at Minneapolis)
Year2004
Volume33
Issue6
Pages675-703
Publication date2004-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Contemporary Ethnography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0891-2416 • E-ISSN: 1552-5414
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0891241604269321
OpenAlexW2132294616
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited13

Coffee, indigenous to Oromo lands in Ethiopia, is an essential cultural and spiritual element in people's lives. Oromo who resettled in the United States have adapted ancient coffee traditions in indigenous, Christian, and Muslim contexts. This in-depth ethnographic study looks at buna for several generations of Muslim Oromo. The authors explore interpersonal and ritual ways that the women communicate support for one another and promote harmony in their families and community through this ancient tradition. They highlight previous ethnographic studies of Oromo groups (1962-1998) to place this urban coffee gathering in a broader historical, political, economic, and social context. The coffee gathering provides important opportunities for women to communicate with Allah, saints, and each other. Interactions during buna involve greetings, honoring, respecting the elders, praying, sharing stories, and sustenance

Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology · Ethnography · Ethnology · Harmony (color · Indigenous · Interpersonal communication · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Sustenance · African history and culture analysis · African Studies and Ethnography · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Gender Studies · History · Law

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