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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Main Author: Jalata, Asafa 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2003
In: Social justice
Year: 2003, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 67-111
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Keywords:
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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Summary: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.