"Comparing the African American and the Oromo Movements in the Global Context" by Asafa Jalata

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Comparing the African American and the Oromo Movements in the Global Context

Social Jutice (2003)

Asafa Jalata, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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Abstract

The African American and Oromo movements have been anti-colonial struggles, and they have aimed to dismantle racial/ethnonational hierarchies legitimated by the ideology of racism in the hegemonic state of the United States and the peripheral and imperial state of Ethiopia.

Keywords

African American,
Oromo,
Comparative Movements,
Global,
Nationalism

Disciplines

African Studies,
Other International and Area Studies,
Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies and
Sociology

Publication Date

2003

Citation Information

Asafa Jalata. "Comparing the African American and the Oromo Movements in the Global Context" Social Jutice Vol. 30 Iss. 1 (2003)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/asafa_jalata/41/