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Focusing on ethnicity and its relation to conflict, this book goes beyond sterile debates about whether ethnic identities are 'natural' or 'socially constructed'. Rather, ethnic identity takes different forms. Some ethnic boundaries are perceived by the actors themselves as natural, while others are perceived to be permeable. The argument is substantiated through a comparative analysis of ethnic identity formation and ethnic conflict among the Anywaa and the Nuer in the Gambella region of western Ethiopia. The Anywaa and the Nuer are not just two ethnic groups but two kinds of ethnic groups. C

Anuak (African people) --- Nuer (African people) --- Ethnicity --- Ethnic identity. --- Gambēla Āstedader Ākababī (Ethiopia) --- Ethnic relations. --- Anuaks --- Anwak (African people) --- Anyuak (African people) --- Anywaa (African people) --- Anywak (African people) --- Anywaq (African people) --- Dho Anywaa (African people) --- Jambo (African people) --- Nuro (African people) --- Yambo (African people) --- Ethnology --- Lwoo (African people) --- Nilotic peoples --- Ethnic identity --- Group identity --- Cultural fusion --- Multiculturalism --- Cultural pluralism --- Naadh (African people) --- Naath (African people) --- Nuer (African tribe) --- Gambēla (Ethiopia : Administrative region) --- Gambella Region (Ethiopia) --- YaʼGāmbélā ḥezboč kelel (Ethiopia) --- Gambela Peoples Regional National State (Ethiopia) --- Gambella Federal State (Ethiopia) --- Region 12 (Ethiopia) --- Gambela Astedader Akababi (Ethiopia)

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State borders are more than barriers. They structure social, economic and political spaces and as such provide opportunities as well as obstacles for the communities straddling both sides of the border. This book deals with the conduits and opportunities of state borders in the Horn of Africa, and investigates how the people living there exploit state borders through various strategies. Using a micro level perspective, the case studies, which include the Horn and Eastern Africa, particularly the borders of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, focus on opportunities, highlight the agency of the borderlanders, and acknowledge the permeability but consequentiality of the borders. DEREJE FEYISSA, Max Planck Institute of Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany; MARKUS VIRGIL HOEHNE, Max Planck Institute of Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany.

Borderlands --- Horn of Africa --- Boundaries. --- #SBIB:39A73 --- #SBIB:328H41 --- Border-lands --- Border regions --- Frontiers --- Boundaries --- Etnografie: Afrika --- Instellingen en beleid: Afrika: comparatief / diverse landen --- Africa, Horn of --- Somaliland --- Somaliland (Region) --- Borderlanders. --- Borderlands. --- Borders. --- Communities. --- Consequentiality. --- Djibouti. --- Economic Resources. --- Economic opportunities. --- Eritrea. --- Ethiopia. --- Horn of Africa. --- Identity Resources. --- Identity. --- Kenya. --- Permeability. --- Political Resources. --- Political resources. --- Somalia. --- State Borders. --- State borders. --- Status Resources. --- Strategies. --- Sudan. --- Tanzania. --- Uganda.

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This book presents a timely review of the relations between the formal and customary justice systems in Ethiopia, and offers recommendations for legal reform. The book provides cases studies from all the Region of Ethiopia based on field research on the working of customary dispute resolution (CDR) institutions, their mandates, compositions, procedures and processes. The cases studies also document considerable unofficial linkages with the state judicial system, and consider the advantages as well as the limitations of customary institutions with respect to national and international law. The editor's introduction reviews the history of state law and its relations with customary law, summarises the main findings by region as well as as on inter-ethnic issues, and draws conclusions about social and legal structures, principles of organization, cultural concepts and areas, and judicial processes. The introduction also addresses the questions of inclusion and exclusion on the basis of gerontocratic power, gender, age and marginalised status, and the gradual as well as remarkable recent transformations of CDR institutions. The editor's conclusion reviews the characteristics, advantages and limitations of CDR institutions. A strong case is made for greater recognition of customary systems and better alliance with state justice, while safeguarding individual and minority rights. The editors suggest that the current context of greater decentralization opens up opportunities for practical collaboration between the systems by promoting legal pluralism and reform, thereby enhancing local level justice delivery. The editors conclude by proposing a range of options for more meaningful partnership for consideration by policy makers, the legal profession and other stakeholders. In memory of Aberra Jembere and Dinsa Lepisa. Cover: Elders at peace ceremony in Arbore, 1993.

Law --- Sociology & Anthropology --- justice --- droit --- minorités --- sociologie --- sociologie du droit --- law --- minorities --- sociology --- sociology of law