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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Ethiopians"”.
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With Language Brings Light: Narratives by Deaf Ethiopians and their Right to Sign Language
<p>The goal of this case study is to share the narratives of Deaf individuals in Ethiopia and how the Deaf community uses Deaf Community Cultural Wealth in order to explore and flourish in audist and colonized spaces. This study engaged photovoice, in a participatory action research technique that …
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Integration of refugees into the UK labour market: a case study of Ethiopians in the UK
Ethiopians have felt their presence in the UK mainly since 1990 when a large number of refugees from Ethiopia and Eastern Europe were admitted by the UK government at the time of dismantling of the communist bloc, to which Ethiopia and Eastern Europe belonged. This thesis examines the …
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Sinful, Sexual and Sometimes Smelly: Representations of Ethiopians, Women, and Ethiopian Women in Early Acetic Christian Literature
… by and about the early ascetic Christians, Ethiopians, women, and Ethiopian women are represented as particularly sinful and sexual. Third, these stereotypical representations of Ethiopians, women, and Ethiopian women as sinful and sexual served to define the ascetic Christians as virtuous …
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Lord Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment
… is placed upon the efforts and actions of the Ethiopians themselves. The first chapter investigates the events which led up to Dunmore's Declaration of Emancipation, and clarifies the degree to which the servile uprisings in the preceding century influenced Dunmore's decision to free and arm …
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Double Engagements: the Transnational Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrants in the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area
… well as in Ethiopia. The double engagements of Ethiopians challenge either/or views of immigrants and demonstrates how transnationality works in both directions.</p> <p>My research, based on 12 months of fieldwork in the metropolitan area of Washington, D.C., used participant observation, …
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"I Came to America, Crying": Rebuilding a Life, Redefining the Self—Ethiopian Women Refugees in Denver (Colorado) (2012–2013)
… and wife; (2) the cultural differences between Ethiopians and their receiving community, which often fosters the idea that refugees and migrants represent a cultural and economic threat to the nation; and (3) the construction of the category of refugee/migrant, which provokes a loss of identity …
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Unwanted in the 'White Highlands': The Politics of Civil Society and the Making of a Refugee in Kenya, 1902--2002
… Europe; Polish refugees during World War II; Ethiopians fleeing Fascist Italy's occupation of Ethiopia, refugees produced by decolonization and post-colonial waves of refugee from other African regions. It makes a simple argument that: Humanitarianism played a part, but the management of …
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Greek knowledge of India before the fourth century B.C
… living in the Far East whom he vaguely calls "Ethiopians". Knowledge of this region increased at the end of the 6th century B.C. when a Greek from Ionia, by the name of Scylax, was sent by the Persian king to explore the Indus valley. He completed this voyage and wrote a book about what he saw. …
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Through the layers of the Ethiopian genome: a survey of human genetic variation based on genome-wide genotyping and re-sequencing data
… a complex population structure placing the Ethiopians in between North and Sub Saharan Africans, due to the recent non African gene flow which was dated at around 3000 years ago. Furthermore the SNP array data unveiled putative traces of the out of Africa migrations as well as, in two of the …
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Building Foundations for Research on Self-Management for Chronic Low Back Pain in Ethiopia
… and valid outcome measure among Amharic-speaking Ethiopians with chronic low back pain. The last study cross-culturally translated, adapted, and tested the psychometric properties of Self-efficacy Questionnaire in Ethiopia. The results suggested that the Amharic version of the Pain Self-efficacy …
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Access to irrigation technology and technical efficiency: a comparison of households with and without access to irrigation technology, in ‘Gorogutu district’, Eastern Ethiopia
… countries in the world. More than 80 percent of Ethiopians obtain their livelihood from traditional low-productivity agricultural activities. Due to lack of water storage facilities and the erratic nature of rainfalls, most farmers don’t have access to water to produce more than one crop per year …
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The Battle For The Battle of Adwa: Collective Identity and Nation-Building
… into, or manipulate the powerful loyalties which Ethiopians feel towards the Battle of Adwa. This thesis seeks to show how each of these government types attempted to use Adwa, or the collective nature of the way it has been remembered, as a tool of nation-building. Adwa has become an essential …
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Wpływ transmisji radiowych na proces asymilacji niepiśmiennych Etiopczyków w Izraelu
Żydowska wspólnota w Etiopii zawsze marzyła o powrocie do Jerozolimy. Ich sen o aliyah (imigracja do Izraela) ostatecznie zrealizował się w latach 80-tych i 90-tych XX wieku podczas dwóch (zakrojonych na szeroką skalę) operacji: „Operacja Mojżesz” (listopad 1984 – styczeń 1985) i „Operacja Salomon” …
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A Genome-wide Association Study of Schizophrenia in the South African Xhosa and Generalizability of Polygenic Risk Score across African populations
… The higher prediction accuracy observed in Ethiopians can be explained by their genetic proximity to Europeans as a result of the back to Africa migration, whereas the southern African populations (including SAX) are more proximal to the ancestral populations that never left the continent. …