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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Selassie"”.
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Haile Selassie and the Religious Field: Generative Structuralism and Christian Missions in Ethiopia
With the momentum of previous Emperors, Haile Selassie steered Ethiopia on the path to modernization. One of his greatest obstacles was the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC), which, being steeped in sixteen centuries of tradition, was accustomed to being the primary hegemonic power. Pierre Bourdieu's …
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Ethiopia in Focus: Photography, Nationalism, Diaspora, and Modernization
… Ethiopian identity. It focuses on Emperor Haile Selassie I as a recuperative figure in Pan-African contexts, images by court photographer and later London studio portraitist Shemelis Desta, and contemporary works created by Ethiopian artists in the diaspora one generation after the Derg’s …
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Jah in the Flesh: An Examination of Spirit, Power, and Divine Envesselment in Rastafari
… deity, His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I, from Jah in the flesh to the spirit that dwells within the body of each Rasta. Although the belief that Rastas are participants in the divinity of Jah emerged early in Rastafari, it was not until Selassie’s death in 1975 that the …
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Informatics Intervention for Self-Management of Pain after TBI
… services to ensure maximum post-injury recovery (Selassie, 2008). The purpose of this study is to fill a knowledge gap by first identifying patient risk factors for persistent pain, and then using that information to create a prototype for a personalized informatics intervention for symptom …
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Prevalence of trachoma and risk factors for disease in Benue State, Nigeria
Background: Trachoma is a common contagious bacterial eye infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis serovariants A, B, Ba or C. It is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide and is responsible for about 3% of global blindness. World Health Organization (WHO) reports suggest that of the …
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Foreign direct investments in large-scale agriculture: the policy environment and its implications in Ethiopia
… of the economy. Since the time of Emperor Haile Selassie I, Ethiopia has been attempting to advance the transformation of its agricultural sector by moving away from small-scale subsistence farming to large-scale commercial farming. It thus encouraged Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in largescale …
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Matron, Ruin and New Mineral: A Thesis of Iconic Materiality
This thesis is an academic exercise set out to understand the secrets of Architecture. It is a compilation of a series of gestures made on behalf of Architecture. These gestures confront the materiality of Architecture to reveal the imprints beyond what makes the material exist according to the law …
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The Battle For The Battle of Adwa: Collective Identity and Nation-Building
<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p><strong> </strong>On March 1<sup>st</sup>, 1896, an Ethiopian army lead by Emperor Menelik II dealt a shocking defeat to the invading Italian forces in the Battle of Adwa. In victory, Menelik was able to exert his authority over a vast territory which included …