Comparing the African American And Oromo Movements in the Global Context

Part of a special issue on race, security, and social activism in the U.S. A comparison of the causes, processes, and outcomes of the anticolonial struggles undertaken by the African-American movement in the U.S. and the Oromo movement in Ethiopia is presented. It is noted that both movements develo...

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Autor principal: Jalata, Asafa 1954- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2003
En: Social justice
Año: 2003, Volumen: 30, Número: 1, Páginas: 67-111
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Publisher)
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Palabras clave:
United States History
African Americans
Civil Rights
Political Participation
Oromo (African people)
Black people > Political activity
Civil rights movements > United States
Civil rights movements
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Sumario:Part of a special issue on race, security, and social activism in the U.S. A comparison of the causes, processes, and outcomes of the anticolonial struggles undertaken by the African-American movement in the U.S. and the Oromo movement in Ethiopia is presented. It is noted that both movements developed in opposition to colonial domination, a racial/ethnonational hierarchy, cultural repression and destruction, labor and economic exploitation, and the denial of individual and national rights; and in resistance to the capitalist world-system.
ISSN:2327-641X