Beschreibung
This book deals with the Boorana people in southern Ethiopia
who do not have a tradition of writing. However, for over
600 years, they have passed down rich and detailed
historical narratives, which form a highly elaborated Oral
Chronicle. Herein lies a great mystery. How did they share
and pass down this history without using any writing system?
The purpose of this book is to answer this question. This
book documents and discusses the cultural and
socio-political mechanisms of constructing and preserving
historical memories, and presents a complete text of the
Oral Chronicle of the Boorana, based on a rigid
comparison of oral sources.
Chikage Oba-Smidt is currently a JSPS
Research Fellow at Osaka Prefectural University, Japan.
