About Assefa Tefera Dibaba
MICRO-BIO
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PhD in Folklore from Indiana University, Bloomington,
Research interest includes:
Folklore and Social Justice; Ecopoetics or Environmental Folklore, Resistance Culture; Rituals as Symbolic Performance; Women's Folklore
Area of focus: Northeast &a
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PhD in Folklore from Indiana University, Bloomington,
Research interest includes:
Folklore and Social Justice; Ecopoetics or Environmental Folklore, Resistance Culture; Rituals as Symbolic Performance; Women's Folklore
Area of focus: Northeast & East Africa
Ethnic Identification: Oromo
PUBLICATIONS
Articles
-“‘God Speak to Us’: Performing Power and Authority in Salale, Ethiopia,” Journal of African Cultural Studies, 26/3.
-http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13696815.2014.901165
-"Great Man" or "Great Myth"? Meles Zenawi: Historic or Mythic Ideologue?" Journal of Oromo Studies, Vol. 20, No. 1&2, July 2013
-http://www.africabib.org/rec.php?RID=391204998
-"Salale Oromo Women’s Songs of Resistance (Oromia, Ethiopia)," International Journal of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies, Volume 7, Issue 3, (2014), pp.47-66.
http://ijicst.cgpublisher.com/
Books
Beyond Adversities (2010)
The Hug (2011)
Anan'yaa (1998; 2006)
Decorous Decorum (2006) and few other publications on Resistance Poetry and Oromo folklore and Literature.
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EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
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