Sidama. A Tyrannized Nation's Culture as Resistance against Barbarous Abyssinia (Fake Ethiopia) I
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis For much time I didn't focus on the social – cultural life of the brave Sidamas, a highly cultured and ancient Kushitic nation of Eastern Africa that has been subjugated for ca. 110 years by the uncultured and barbarous, bellicose and racist Amhara and Tigray Abyssinians. In the present article, I am glad to offer space to a Sidama intellectual and scholar, Mr. Mulugeta Bakkalo Daye, who illuminates the richness and the noblesse of the Sidama culture, which proved to be the best means of determined resistance against and irrevocable rejection of the imposed barbarous Abyssinian (fake Ethiopian) rule. Fast Disappearing Social Capital among the Sidama of Southern Ethiopia and its implication on Food (in)security By Mulugeta Bakkalo Daye (17/06/2010) I use a social capital framework to better understand the social ties of the Sidama case study. It is important to distinguish among several different concepts. While there is so