The Central Ethiopians Amhara, Tigrina and Related Peoples

Addis Ababa Aešcoly Africa agricultural Amer Amhara and Tigriňa Amhara-Tigriňa Amir Anseba Argobba Baraka Beckingham and Huntingford Begemder Beit Bellou betrothal Bilen birth boys bride bridewealth burial called camel cattle Central Ethiopians century ceremony Chaha chief child Christian circumcision clan clitoridectomy cloth crops cultivation daughter deceased diglal district ensete Eritrea Ethiopia Ethiopic Falasha father feast female festival Flad Gafat Galla girls Gojjam grain groom gult Gurage Gurageland Hamasien Harari husband ibid Islam Khor king kinship Lake Tana language Leslau Littmann male marriage Marya Mensa Messing Misginna mother Munzinger Muslim Nabtab Nadel Northern organisation parish Parkyns performed plateau political priest Principal sources Qemant Qwara rast region religious ritual Semitic serfs settlement Shack Shaikh Shoa Shoan Simoons slaves Soddo sorghum Southern Argobba Sudan term Tigre Tigre province Tigre-speakers traditional tribal tribes Trimingham Tucker and Bryan Ullendorff village wedding Western Gurage wife women