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Gnamo, Abbas

Abbas Gnamo

Contract Lecturer
EducationPhD (Political Science / African Studies): Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne
Phone(416) 979-5000 x 552080

Spoken Languages

English, French, Amharic, Oromo

Biography

Dr. Gnamo holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Addis Ababa, as well as a Master of Arts, a Diplomes D'Etudes Approfondies (DEA) and a Ph.D., all from the University of Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne.

He has lectured extensively in the field of international development and studies as well as global governance and African Studies in various higher learning institutions including York University (Canada), the University of Toronto, and Ryerson University. The major offerings he has directed/taught include: Issues and Problems in Third World Politics ; The Globalization of World Politics ; Culture and Identity in World Politics ; The Third World in International Politics ; The Twentieth Century: A Global Perspective ; Colonialism and Decolonization ; The Uneasy Peace: The Cold War and International Relations, 1945-1990; Modern Africa ; Africa: The Challenges of Change and Development, etc.

Currently, Dr. Gnamo's research interests focus upon Third World politics and society, including: Centre-periphery relations, state failure, religious revivalism, identity politics, civil wars, conflict management and resolution, forced displacement, development and democratization. His current project is on "Identity Politics and Ethnonationalism in the Horn of Africa," which is financed by a SSHRC standard grant.

Books

  • Conquest, Resistance in the Ethiopian Empire, 1880-1974. Boston & Leiden: Brill Academic Publishing, 2014.
  • L鈥橢tat et les crises d鈥檌nt茅gration nationale en Ethiopie contemporaine (The State and the Crisis of National Integration in Contemporary Ethiopia) in the collection of Travaux et Documents No. 37, Centre d'Etude d'Afrique noire, IEP, Universit茅 de Bordeaux 1, Talence, France, 1993.

Chapters

  • 鈥淪cramble for Oromo Land: Menelik's Conquest and Arsi Oromo Resistance, 1881-1886.鈥� In Contested Terrain: The Oromo and Ethiopian Studies, ed. Ezekiel Gebissa, 60-92.  Minneapolis: The Lutheran University Press, 2014.
  • 鈥淭he Role of the Interhamwe in the Regional Conflicts: The Origins of Unrest in Kivu.鈥� In War and Peace in Zaire-Congo: Analyzing and Evaluating Intervention, 1996-1997, ed. Howard Adelman & Govind Rao, 85-108. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, Inc., 2004.
  • 鈥淭he Rwandan Genocide and the Collapse of Mobutu's Kleptocracy, Zaire.鈥� In The Path of a Genocide: The Rwandan Crisis from Uganda to Zaire, ed. Howard Adelman and A. Suhrke, 321-349. New Brunswick and London: Transaction Publishers, 1999.
  • 鈥淭he Dilemma of Arsi Balabbats: A Study of Socio-Economic Position of Local Chiefs, 1886-1935.鈥� In X Conf茅rence Internationale des 脡tudes 脡thiopiennes, Vol. 1, ed. Claude Lepage, 585-92. Paris: Socit茅 Fran莽aise pour les 脡tudes 脡thiopiennes, 1993.

Articles

  • 鈥淚slam, the Orthodox Church and Oromo Nationalism (Ethiopia).鈥� Cahiers d鈥橢tudes africaines 165 鈥� XLII:1 (2002): 99-120.
  • 鈥淟a conqu锚te imp茅riale 茅thiopienne des Oromo-Arsi (1882-1892).鈥� Africa LIV:1 (1999): 85-115.
  • 鈥淧ouvoir de b茅nir et de maudire: cosmologie et organisation sociale des Oromo-Arsi, Ethiopie.鈥� Cahiers d'Etudes africaines 146-XXXVII:2 (1997): 289-318.
  • Review of A River of Blessings: Essays in Honour of Paul Baxter ed. David Brokensha (Maxwell, NY: Syracuse University, 1994) The Oromo Commentary 4 (1996): 31-34.
  • 鈥淎rsi Oromo Political and Military Resistance against the Shoan Colonial Conquest, 1881-1886.鈥� The Journal of Oromo Studies II:1/2 (1995): 1-21.
  • "Menelik鈥檚 Conquest as the Genesis of the Ethiopian Crises." The Oromo Commentary 5:2 (1994): 17-24.
  • 鈥淟'Ethiopie va-t-elle 茅clater? Economie, politique et soci茅t茅 en pays Arsi, 1900-1935.鈥� Cahiers d'Etudes africaines 126-XXXII:2 (1992): 239-283.
  • "Le r么le du culte de Chaikh Hussein dans l'Islam des Arsi, Ethiopie." Islam et Soci茅t茅s au Sud du Sahara 5 (1991): 21-42.

Reviews

  • Review of Ethiopia: The Last Frontiers by John Markakis (London: James Currey, 2011) Canadian Journal of African Studies 46:2 (2012): 334-336.
  • Review of The Ethiopian Revolution, 1974-1987 by Andargachew Tiruneh (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993) Cahiers d'Etudes africaines 137-XXXV:1 (1994): 251-254.
  • Review of A History of Modern Ethiopia (1855-1974) by Bahru Zewde (London: James Currey, 1991) Cahiers d'Etudes africaines, 131- XXXIII:3 (1992): 495-497.