bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Homozygous GDF2-Related Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia in a Chinese Family
Authors: Liu Jinrong , Yang Jigang , Tang Xiaolei , Li Huimin , Shen Yuelin , Gu Weiyue , Zhao Shunying
Published: July 2020

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) can be clinically diagnosed, but children often lack characteristic features. We report a family with homozygous growth differentiation factor 2 (GDF2)–related HHT diagnosed by genetic testing. A boy aged 5 years and 2 months presented with isolated hypoxemia. He was the product of a consanguineous marriage; his parents were second cousins. Physical examination revealed cyanosis of nail beds and clubbed fingers. Pulse oxygen saturation was 84% to 89%. Lung function, contrast-enhanced lung computed tomography, and noncontrast echocardiography were normal. A pulmonary perfusion scan revealed radioactivity in the brain and bilateral kidney, suggesting the existence of a intrapulmonary shunt. Whole-exome sequencing revealed a homozygous variant [c.1060_1062delinsAG (p.Tyr354ArgfsTer15)] in GDF2, which was found to be inherited from his heterozygous parents. At the age of 8 years, he developed epistaxis, and an angiogram revealed diffuse pulmonary arteriovenous malformations. At the age of 9 years, he was treated with sirolimus, and his condition improved significantly. However, his now 7-year-old sister with the same homozygous variant currently has no symptoms. Physical examinations revealed 1 pinpoint-sized telangiectasia on the chest of his mother and a vascular lesion on the forehead of his sister. Additionally, the patient’s father and great-uncle had a history of mild to moderate epistaxis. Mutation in GDF2 is a rare cause of HHT. Ours is the first report of homozygous GDF2-related HHT; in addition, this variant has not been reported previously. In our report, we also confirm variable expressivity, even with the same pathogenic variant in GDF2-related HHT.
Antioxidant potential of Carica papaya Linn (Caricaceae) leaf extract in mice with cyclophosphamide induced oxidative stress
Authors: Luiz Tatiane Cordeiro , Da Cunha Ana Paula Simões , Aguiar Danilo Henrique , Sugui Marina Mariko , Bicudo Rogério de Campos , Sinhorin Adilson Paulo , Sinhorin Valéria Dornelles Gindri
Published: July 2020

AIMS: This study aimed to investigate the effects of crude extract of Carica papaya leaves on oxidative stress in mice induced by cyclophosphamide, as well as phytochemical profile characterization of this extract.METHODS: The male Swiss mice received 15 days of treatment with the extract (500 mg kg-1, via gavage) and intraperitoneal injection of cyclophosphamide (75 mg kg-1) or saline (0.9%) on the 15th day. After 24 h the last treatment, the animals were anesthetized for blood withdrawal, sacrificed and removal of the organs for analyses (liver, kidney and heart). In the biochemical tests were determined: hematological parameters in blood, aminotransferases, alkaline phosphatase, glucose and total cholesterol dosages in plasma, enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants and lipid damage marker were evaluated in different tissues, besides genotoxic and histopathological analyzes.RESULTS: In the extract of Carica papaya leaves, the flavonoids quercetin-3β-D-glucoside and rutin were identified, besides present positive results for alkaloids, saponins and tannins. This extract increased the activity of glutathione-S-transferase and catalase enzymes in the liver and reduced the levels of reduced glutathione in the kidneys and hematocrit levels, red cell count, and hemoglobin. It promoted the decrease of the reactive species of thiobarbituric acid (TBARS) in the kidneys and the activity of enzyme aspartate aminotransferase in the plasma and was antimutagenic in the micronucleus test.CONCLUSIONS: The study showed that extract of Carica papaya was beneficial against oxidative events and prevented DNA damage. The extract also showed hepatotoxicity, therefore prolonged infusion of papaya leaves is not advisable.
Südarabisches zum Namen Aksum
Authors: Müller Walter W.
Published: July 2020

Miscellaneous Article
Reidulf K. Molvaer: Black Lions: The Creative Lives of Modern Ethiopia's Literary Giants and Pioneers
Authors: Garretson Peter
Published: July 2020

Review
Stuart Munro-Hay and Bent Juel-Jensen: Aksumite Coinage
Authors: Luegmeyer Andrea
Published: July 2020

Review
Ruth Iyob: The Eritrean Struggle for Independence: Domination, Resistance, Nationalism, 1941-93
Authors: Tafla Bairu
Published: July 2020

Review
Anthony d'Avray: Lords of the Red Sea. The History of a Red Sea Society from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries
Authors: Harding Leonhard
Published: July 2020

ReviewATTENTION: Due to copy-right no online publication is provided
17. - 20.06.1997 in Hamburg (Deutschland): Data-Exchange and Printing-Preparation of Oriental Texts
Authors: Glessmer Uwe
Published: July 2020

Conference Report
The Ethio-Semitic Possessive Pronouns as Predicalizers in Historical Perspective
Authors: Kapeliuk Olga
Published: July 2020

Research article
Stefan Bombeck: Die Geschichte der heiligen Maria in einer alten äthiopischen Handschrift: Einleitung, kritischer Apparat, Übersetzung, Anmerkungen, Kommentar
Authors: Dege Sophia
Published: July 2020

Review
Alke Dohrmann - Dirk Bustorf - Nicole Poissinnier (Hg.): Schweifgebiete. Festschrift für Ulrich Braukämper
Authors: Kellner Alexander
Published: July 2020

Review
A British Library Fragment from a Homily on the Lament of Mary and the So-Called Gospel of Gamaliel
Authors: Suciu Alin
Published: July 2020

The article introduces British Library Or. 7027, f. 75, a previously unidentified fragment from the Sahidic version of a homily on the Lament of Mary, which is attributed in Arabic and Ethiopic manuscripts to the mysterious figure of Cyriacus, bishop of Behnesa. As parts of this text had been ascribed by some scholars to the so-called Coptic Gospel of Gamaliel, our paper reevaluates the dossier, pointing out that this apocryphon is just an imaginary text, which never existed in Coptic.
Discourse against Catholic Doctrine in Tǝgray (Ethiopia): A Nineteenth Century Text
Authors: Ancel Stéphane
Published: July 2020

The article deals with a peculiar document that was found during a field research conducted by the team of the Ethio-SPARE project during the spring 2010 in church libraries of Gulo Mäkäda wäräda, north-east Təgray (historical ʿAgame). This document is a Gəʿəz text written during the 19th century and dedicated to the refutation of the Catholic doctrine. Because of its apparent historical significance, the text and its translation are presented here. Taking into consideration the literary form (discourse) of the work and the place where it was found (the area of the active Catholic preaching) we can assume that the text is a summary of the anti-Catholic argumentation, possibly used by the Orthodox priests, and a witness of the local attitude to the Catholic missionary activities. The treatise does not provide any hints to the political issues of the Catholic settlement in Ethiopia. However, it does highlight some elements of the discourse against Catholic faith in the context of the emergence of a strong religious Täwaḥǝәdo identity.
Children's Theatre in Ethiopia
Authors: Ashagrie Aboneh
Published: July 2020

When theatre arts emerged in Ethiopia 90 years ago, all characters in the pioneering play were performed solely by children in front of the Crown Prince Täfäri Mäkwännǝn, and members of the aristocracy. The tradition of considering children as a main force of stage production, and the tendency of showing dramatic performance by students to the benefit of adult audience, likewise, continued up until the establishment of the first professional public theatre in 1942. It was late in early 1980s that a change in perspective occurred to urge the indispensability of producing plays for children’s consumption. Such a new insight, within a few years, led to the establishment of the Children and Youth Theatre in Addis Abäba. This article chronologically portrays the history and development of Ethiopian children’s theatre and will hopefully add knowledge to the account of African theatre in particular and the world theatre in general.
Ecocultural Control of Natural Energy Resources in Southern Ethiopia
Authors: Amborn Hermann
Published: July 2020

Dealing with resource problems, energy balance and sustainable climate protection have emerged as subjects of public interest. Indigenous knowledge and concepts, however, are seldom dealt with by western scientists. On the basis of exemplary cases from south-western Ethiopia the interdependence of technical, social and symbolic knowledge and experiences is demonstrated, from which a model can be derived. With the help of the model it can be shown, how, under certain cultural conditions, through controlled mastery of vital resources, a symbiotic relationship between humans and their environment can be developed which does not endanger the particular habitat. The decisive factor in this case is an ethos that places man in a context of space and time which goes beyond his own lifetime and provides a link to past and future generations. Counterexamples show the fragile character of the presented system of relationships.
Walter Raunig - Prinz Asfa-Wossen Asserate (Hrsg.): Orbis Aethiopicus. Beiträge zur Geschichte, Religion und Kunst Äthiopiens, Band XIII
Authors: Bausi Alessandro
Published: July 2020

Review
J. Calvitt Clarke III: Alliance of the Colored Peoples. Ethiopia & Japan before World War II
Authors: Krebs Gerhard
Published: July 2020

Review
Nina von Nolting: Nation im Exil? Eritreer in Deutschland
Authors: Tafla Bairu
Published: July 2020

Review
In memoriam Taddesse Tamrat (1935-2013)
Authors: Haile Getatchew
Published: July 2020

Obituary
Zwei unbekannte Traktate Hiob Ludolfs
Authors: Knüppel Michael
Published: July 2020

Miscellaneous Article
Joëlle Beaucamp - Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet - Christian Julien Robin (eds.): Juifs et chrétiens en Arabie au Ve et VIe siècles: regards croisés sur les sources
Authors: Kropp Manfred
Published: July 2020

Review Article
Alessandro Gori - Biancamaria Scarcia Amoretti (eds.): L'Islam in Etiopia: Bilanci e prospettive
Authors: Kropp Manfred
Published: July 2020

Review Article
Uoldelul Chelati Dirar - Silvana Palma - Alessandro Triulzi - Alessandro Volterra (a.c.): Colonia e postcolonia come spazi diasporici: Attraversamenti di memorie, identità e confini nel Corno d’Africa
Authors: Trento Giovanna
Published: July 2020

Review
Colophonic Reflections on Dǝrsanä Ṣǝyon and Kǝbrä Nägäśt
Authors: Tefera Amsalu
Published: July 2020

This article briefly describes and discusses three Ethiopic manuscripts jointly containing Dǝrsanä Ṣǝyon ‘homily on [the glory of] Zion’ followed by Kǝbrä Nägäśt ‘Dignity of Kings’ as a single literary unit. It also lists the incipit and desinit of each manuscript with their peculiar features. Finally, an edition and translation of their lengthy colophon is presented.
On the History of the Library of Mäqdäla: New Findings
Authors: Ancel Stéphane , Nosnitsin Denis
Published: July 2020

It has been known that only a part of the parchment manuscripts of Mäqdäla library seized by British expeditionary force in 1868 entered European collections. Many of those manuscripts stayed in Ethiopia but not much was known about them. New information on these manuscripts has been recently gathered by the team of the project “Ethio-SPaRe: Cultural Heritage of Christian Ethiopia – Salvation, Preservation and Research”. Among manuscripts registered in monasteries and churches of East Tǝgray, some could have been identified as manuscripts previously coming from Mäqdäla library. The article presents these manuscripts and some of their features.
Early 20th Century Theological Controversies in Ethiopia: A Letter of the Coptic Metropolitan Ṗeṭros of 1904
Authors: Krzyżanowska Magdalena , Ancel Stéphane
Published: July 2020

In November–December 2012, the team of the Ethio-SpaRe project found a letter written by the Coptic Metropolitan Peṭros (1881–1917) in 1904. The letter was copied into one of the books housed in the Qǝddǝst Maryam monastery in Qäqäma. It deals with the Trinitarian and Christological doctrines and is addressed to the clergy of Tǝgray. Because of its historical significance, the present article aims at editing and commenting this document.
Barbara Jändl, Altsüdarabische Inschriften auf Metall
Authors: Bausi Alessandro
Published: July 2020

Review
David W. Phillipson, Foundations of an African Civilisation: Aksum & the Northern Horn 1000 BC–AD 1300
Authors: Sernicola Luisa
Published: July 2020

Review
Peter Garretson, A Victorian Gentleman & Ethiopian Nationalist: The Life & Times of Hakim Warqenah, Dr. Charles Martin
Authors: Tafla Bairu
Published: July 2020

Review
Lovise Aalen, The Politics of Ethnicity in Ethiopia: Actors, Power and Mobilisation under Ethnic Federalism
Authors: Braukämper Ulrich
Published: July 2020

Review
Dirk Bustorf, Lebendige Überlieferung: Geschichte und Erinnerung der muslimischen Silt’e Äthiopiens. With an English Summary
Authors: Epple Susanne
Published: July 2020

Review
Hugues Fontaine, African Train/Un train en Afrique, Djibouti~ Éthiopie: ጂቡቲ፥ ኢትዮጵያ የባቡር ወጎች/African Train
Authors: Ancel Stéphane
Published: July 2020

Review
De la sainteté de Kaleb Ǝlla Aṣbǝḥa dans l’iconographie baroque portugaise
Authors: Faü Jean-François Yazdani
Published: July 2020

The holiness of Kaleb Ǝlla Aṣbǝḥa in Portuguese baroque iconography reveals the trajectory of a major actor of the triumph of Christianity in the south of the Arabic peninsula. This Christian sovereign, who defeated the Jewish king of Ḥimyar, Ḏū Nuwās, in 525 CE, became one of the most popular figures of Catholic devotion in South America. Pedro Páez, a Spanish Jesuit who lived in Ethiopia at the beginning of the seventeenth century, mentions him in his História da Etiópia. Later, benefiting from the progressive recognition of the holiness of African saints, this iconographical subject was popularized by the Catholic Church, thus breaking with the figure of the other, that of Jew or Moor, that of the enemy. This pillar of the Ethiopian church, refashioned according to western criteria, was presented as a unifying element of the devotion of black people in Brazil and Portugal, among whom he acquired an increasing visibility. La sainteté de Kaleb Ǝlla Aṣbǝḥa dans l’iconographie baroque portugaise révèle le parcours d’une des figures du triomphe du christianisme dans le sud de la Péninsule arabique. Ce souverain chrétien, vainqueur en 525 du judaïsme ḥimyarite, représenté par Ḏū Nuwās, devînt une des figures les plus populaires de la dévotion catholique du Nouveau monde. Pedro Páez, un Jésuite espagnol ayant vécu en Éthiopie au début du XVIIème siècle, mentionne le souverain dans sa História da Etiópia. Puis, au-delà du cheminement de la reconnaissance sacrée de saints africains, ce thème iconographique fut popularisé par l’Église catholique, rompant ainsi avec la figure de l’autre, celle du Juif ou du Maure, celle de l’ennemi. Remodelé sur des critères occidentaux, ce pilier de l’Église éthiopienne fut présenté comme un des éléments fédérateurs de la religiosité noire d’Amérique lusophone, au sein de laquelle il tendait à prendre une visibilité de plus en plus importante.
Searching for the Appropriate Editorial Technique: The Case of Gädlä Śärṣä Ṗeṭros
Authors: Hummel Susanne
Published: July 2020

This article shows the development of a method of editing a hagiographic work at first known by a single text witness only. The protagonist, the monk Śärṣä Ṗeṭros, lived in the fifteenth century and founded the monastery of Däbrä Wärq (eastern Goǧǧam) where he is still venerated as saint. The work is named Gädlä Śärṣä Ṗeṭros and contains the saint’s Vita,his miracles and a mälkǝʿ-hymn. After a brief introduction to the work’s content and its narrative structure, the article reflects the first considerations and ideas on how the work could be edited taking into account the main principles of a scholarly edition and the challenges of working with a single text witness. The article presents the then current state ofresearch while the Addendum outlines substantial changes surfaced soon after the 18th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Dǝrre Dawa 2012.
Some Notes on Binding Magic (maʾǝsärä ǝgr) in Ethiopia
Authors: Mulugetta Meley
Published: July 2020

Ethiopian magical texts abound in their inclusion of magical formulae for binding slaves (maʾǝsärä ǝgr, ‘the tying of feet’), used with the intention of preventing, usually a slave, from running away. This paper will embark on a description of binding magic, the context of their uses and highlight the role of the däbtära, whose ‘in betwixt’ status enables him to cross rigid boundaries of traditional power structures in Christian Ethiopian culture.
In memoriam Paul Trevor William Baxter (30 January 1925–1 March 2014)
Authors: Blackhurst Hector
Published: July 2020

Obituary
Donald N. Levine, Interpreting Ethiopia: Observations of Five Decades
Authors: Lewis Herbert S.
Published: July 2020

Review
Zu einer neuen Grammatik des Tigre
Authors: Voigt Rainer , Idris Saleh Mahmud
Published: July 2020

Review article
The Ramsa of šayḫ Aḥmad Ādam, al-Danī al-Awwal (d. 1903)
Authors: Yesufe Endris Mohammed
Published: July 2020

The Muslim scholars of Wällo are known for composing panegyrics that are usually chanted on special occasions or gatherings like ḥaḍra and Mawlid (festival to solemnize the birthday of the Prophet). The Ramsa is a very famous collection of poems made up of three Arabic litanies: the first two of them were composed by šayḫ Aḥmad Ādam (d. 1903) the founder of Dana, centre of Islamic learning and mysticism located in Yäǧǧu province, northeastern Wällo. The third one is by šayḫ Ibrāhīm Č̣ale (d. 1958). This paper is a preliminary attempt to introduce the first of the three invocational poems composing the Ramsa to the academic world, to give a first impression of the level of Arabic proficiency of local Ethiopian scholars and to discuss the message the text contains as part of a spiritual culture practiced and cherished for at least a century by both the Muslim intelligentsia and the laity. Some codicological information about one of the manuscripts which preserve these texts is also given.
Getatchew Haile, A History of the First Ǝsṭifanosite Monks
Authors: Villa Massimo
Published: July 2020

Review
In memoriam Ioan Myrddin Lewis (1930–2014)
Authors: Zitelmann Thomas
Published: July 2020

Obituary
Saleh Mahmud Idris, A Comparative Study of the Tigre Dialects
Authors: Bulakh Maria
Published: July 2020

Review
Abba Abraham Buruk Woldegaber and Mario Alexis Portella, Abyssinian Christianity, the First Christian Nation? The History and the Identity of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Christians
Authors: Ancel Stéphane
Published: July 2020

Review
James De Lorenzi, Guardians of the Tradition: History and Historical Writings in Ethiopia and Eritrea
Authors: Taddia Irma
Published: July 2020

Review
Dǝrsan des Yaʿqob von Sǝrug für den vierten Sonntag im Monat Taḫśaś
Authors: Uhlig Siegbert
Published: July 2020

Yaʿqob of Sǝrug, one of the most important Syrian church writers of the 6th century, wrote more than 750 metrical works. Many of them are translated into Arabic, and this version was the Vorlage for the Ethiopian translator. About 20 of Yaʿqob’s homilies are representes in the the Ethiopic tradition, and most of them deal with christological-mariological themes. The Dǝrsan for the fourth Sunday of Taḫśaś is edited and translatedd on the basis of six Gǝʿǝz manuscripts. The contents concern the annunciation of the incarnation to the Virgin Mary.
Water — The Nile — And the Täʾamrä Maryam. Miracles of the Virgin Mary in the Ethiopian Version
Authors: Six Veronika
Published: July 2020

Starting with the biblical Gǝyon (= the Gǝʿǝz name for the Nile) the river Nile plays an important role in Ethiopian perception.The corpus of the miracles of Mary [Täʾamrä Maryam] particularly during the reign of emperor Zärʾa Yaʿǝqob (1434-68 A.D.) was enlarged with stories reflecting a local background and Ethiopian history. And suddenly in the 19th century the ‘idea of diverting the Nile’ which since early times was a challenging topic in the relationship between Egypt and Ethiopia, again turned up in  a miracle of the Virgin Mary, referring to the time of the Crusaders and the resulting diplomatic activities. This article wants to evaluate how far the Ethiopians regard themselves as masters of the Nile waters and to what extent they derive their legitimacy from divine sources.
Die befreiten Geiseln Kaiser Tewodros' II. Aus dem Photoalbum der Royal Engineers 1867/68
Authors: Gräber Gerd
Published: July 2020

The famous Robert Lebeck Collection of historical photographs, which has been preserved in the Agfa Foto-Historama in the Wallraf-Richartz Museum/ Museum Ludwig, Cologne, since 1994, contains an album entitled “Views of the Abyssinian Campaign – presented by Lord Napier of Magdala”. With its 78 albumen prints, taken by the photographers of the 10th Company, Royal Engineers–Great Britain, it seems to be a unique but scarcely known source for Ethiopian studies. To our present knowledge, they are the earliest photographic documents related to Ethiopia.In this article the author gives a detailed analysis of three prints (Nr.: 58, 59, 60) showing the released captives on whose behalf the “crusade” of the Magdala-expedition was undertaken in 1867/68, and makes an attempt to identify the persons on the photos. Many of these persons left an indelible impact on the 19th century Ethiopian history through their roles as counsellors, missionaries, scientists or artisans.
Aksumite Pottery from Medebai
Authors: Munro-Hay Stuart
Published: July 2020

Photographs and classifications of Aksumite pottery, which is said to have originally come from Medebai.ATTENTION: Due to copy-right no online publication is provided.
Bibliographie zur äthiosemitischen und kuschitischen Sprachwissenschaft II
Authors: Voigt Rainer
Published: July 2020

Bibliography for the study of Ethiosemitic, Cushitic and Omotic languages.
Kathryn A. Bard (Hg.): The Environmental History and Human Ecology of Northern Ethiopia in the Late Holocene. Preliminary Results of Multidisciplinary Project
Authors: Ziegert Helmut
Published: July 2020

Review
A.V. Chrenkov: Rossiysko-efiopskiye otnosheniya v XIX - natschale XX vekoff
Authors: Jeřábek Michal
Published: July 2020

ReviewATTENTION: Due to copy-right no online publication is provided
Uoldelul Chelati Dirar: L’Africa nell’esperienza coloniale italiana: La biblioteca di Guerrino Lasagni (1915–1991)
Authors: Six Veronika
Published: July 2020

Review
15. – 16.1.1999 in Bologna (Italy): International Workshop: ‘Rim’ Land in Historical Ethiopia
Authors: Tafla Bairu
Published: July 2020

Workshop Report
Norbert Nebes, Der Tatenbericht des Yiṯaʿʾamar Watar bin Yakrubmalik aus Ṣirwāḥ (Jemen)
Authors: Agostini Alessio
Published: July 2020

Review
The Ethiopian Manuscripts in the Kulturhistorisk Museum, Oslo
Authors: Erho Ted
Published: July 2020

The Kulturhistorisk museum in Oslo possesses a small collection of ten Ethiopic codices predominantly acquired in the mid1930s. Included among them are an illuminated fifteenth-century psalter (UEM36096) and a late-fifteenth/early-sixteenth century hagiographical manuscript (UEM35900).
Paolo Nicelli, ed., L’Africa, l’Oriente mediterraneo e l’Europa. Tradizioni e culture a confronto
Authors: Nosnitsin Denis
Published: July 2020

Review
Lukian Prijaced., Les relations entre l’Éthiopie et les nations étrangères. Histoire humaine et diplomatique (des origines à nos jours). Foreign relations with Ethiopia. Human and diplomatic history (from its origins to present)
Authors: Brüne Stefan
Published: July 2020

Review
Lutz Edzard ed., Arabic and Semitic Linguistics Contextualized. A Festschrift for Jan Retsö
Authors: Bulakh Maria
Published: July 2020

Review
Ethiopian Abǝnnät Manuscripts: Organizational Structure, Language Use, and Orality
Authors: Kebede Gidena Mesfin
Published: July 2020

Dissertation abstract
Ms Ethiopic 4 of the Collection of the India Office: A strayed Manuscript of Gadla Lālibalā
Authors: Valieva Nafisa
Published: July 2020

In all likelihood it was the German missionary Johann Ludwig Krapf who commissioned a manuscript with hagiographic texts about King Lālibalā in the first decade of the nineteenth century, in Šawā. This manuscript was eventually used by August Dillmann for his Lexicon linguae aethiopicae published in 1865. More than eighty years later, the manuscript was catalogued by Enrico Cerulli in 1946 and was later lost somewhere on one of the numerous shelves of the collection of the India Office. It has recently been traced and is now to be found in the British Library under the shelf mark Ms Ethiopic 4.
Éloi Ficquet, Ahmed Hassen Omer, and Thomas Osmond, eds, Movements in Ethiopia: Ethiopia in Movement. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, I–II
Authors: Panini Francesca
Published: July 2020

Review
Ulrich Braukämper, Afrika 1914–1918. Antikolonialer Widerstand jenseits der Weltkriegsfronten
Authors: Camilleri Nicola
Published: July 2020

Review
In memoriam Didier Morin (1947–2016)
Authors: Banti Giorgio
Published: July 2020

Obituary
A Short Apocalyptic Text Based on the Prophecy of Ezra (Esdras Salathiel)
Authors: Haile Getatchew
Published: July 2020

The main themes of the text, occasionally ascribed to Ezra (Salathiel), are the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, the end of the world, the future rulers of Ethiopia, and the honouring of the Sabbaths. It is cast in the spirit of 4 Ezra, quoting it and Jubilees occasionally and extensively. As in 4 Ezra, its author is interested in knowing and declaring the future to call the faithful to observe the law and the ordinances. Reckoning the time by cycles, aqmar, provides him the revelation of future events ‘with exact dates’. The text, composed before the sixteenth century, is one more source of Gǝʿǝz apocalyptic literature. The article is an edition and translation of it as preserved in EMML 6429, fols 9v–39r.
Víctor M. Fernández, Jorge de Torres, Andreu Martínez d’Alòs-Moner, and Carlos Cañete, The Archaeology of the Jesuit Missions in Ethiopia (1557–1632)
Authors: Phillipson David
Published: July 2020

Review
Irma Taddia, Etiopia 1800–1900: Le strategie del potere tra l’Africa e l’Italia,
Authors: Camilleri Nicola
Published: July 2020

Review
A New Witness to the Chronicle of John of Nikiu: EMML 7919
Authors: Brown Jeremy R. , Elagina Daria
Published: July 2020

This article introduces a new witness to the Chronicle of John of Nikiu (EMML 7919). It analyses the text of this witness alongside the four previously known Ethiopic manuscripts of this work. The article considers the current state of research on the Chronicle of John of Nikiu, including an examination of the textual witnesses, the language of the original composition, and the biographical and historical information of the chronicler. The textual analysis of EMML 7919 demonstrates a strong relation with the text attested in ANL Conti Rossini 27, which suggests that EMML 7919 is highly valuable for the reconstruction of the Ethiopic version of the Chronicle of John of Nikiu. Finally, there is a catalogue entry for EMML 7919, which details the textual and codicological features of the manuscript.
Bibliography of Ethiopian Semitic, Cushitic and Omotic Linguistics XXI: 2017
Authors: Bulakh Maria , Hummel Susanne , Panini Francesca
Published: July 2020

Bibliography of Ethiopian Semitic, Cushitic and Omotic Linguistics XXI: 2017
In memoriam Emeri Johannes van Donzel (1925–2017)
Authors: Uhlig Siegbert
Published: July 2020

Obituary
Boris Adjemian, La fanfare du négus: Les Arméniens en Éthiopie (XIXe– XXe siècles)
Authors: Calzolari Valentina
Published: July 2020

Review
Christine Chaillot, The Role of Images and the Veneration of Icons in the Oriental Orthodox Churches: Syrian Orthodox, Armenian, Coptic and Ethiopian Traditions
Authors: Priess Maija
Published: July 2020

Review
Denis Nosnitsin, Catalogue of Ethiopic Manuscripts
Authors: Six Veronika
Published: July 2020

Review
How to Start Teaching Amharic Verbs?
Authors: Krzyżanowska Magdalena
Published: July 2020

The Amharic verbal system—with its complexity in terms of form, meaning, and usage—poses a great challenge to both teacher and learner. Although the majority of Amharic textbooks give due consideration to the teaching of verbs, the activities that they offer only allow the student to get familiar with forms, in isolation from their meaning and context of use.The aim of this paper is to propose a way of introducing learners to the Amharic verbal system while focusing on form in communicative interactions. I argue that the system can be introduced, traditionally, with the perfective form, and in contexts involving meaningful communication. I also suggest a more student-centred (inductive) approach to presenting and explaining grammar in general and to the verbal system in particular.My discussion is illustrated by an exemplary unit from a course book that targets two perfective forms, third singular masculine and third singular feminine.
Hatem Elliesie, Völkerrechtliche Beziehungen zwischen Äthiopien und Italien im Lichte des Vertrags von Uccialli/Wuchale (1889)
Authors: Brüne Stefan
Published: July 2020

Review
Cultural Creativity and Transnational Belonging: A Glimpse on Transnational Research in Ethiopia and Beyond
Authors: Meckelburg Alexander
Published: July 2020

The three books under review provide different approaches to North-East African transnational studies. However, their descriptions of migration and transnational life are unified in that they focus on the migrants not as mere victims of their plight but on their agency and creativity both during the process of migration and in the descriptions of their settling and making a new life.
Bibliography of Ethiopian Semitic, Cushitic and Omotic Linguistics XXII: 2018
Authors: Bulakh Maria , Hummel Susanne , Panini Francesca
Published: July 2020

Bibliography of Ethiopian Semitic, Cushitic and Omotic Linguistics XXII: 2018
In memoriam Ulrich Braukämper (1944–2018)
Authors: Abbink Jon
Published: July 2020

Obituary
Some philological problems in the "Miracles" of Gabra Manfas Qeddus
Authors: Marrassini Paolo
Published: July 2020

The philological examination of the genealogical tree of the “Miracles” of Gabra Manfas Qeddus, based of course on the principle of conjunctive errors and not on that of marginal similarities, has shown two important phenomena: 1. that not just one, but at least six different stemmas (for miracles I, II‑VII, VIII, IX, X‑XIII) can be identified; and 2. that none of these stemmas has the slightest relationship with those already identified for the “Life”. This involves an important historical consequence, because it demonstrates the profound difference, which has always been supposed in hagiography, between the redaction of the “Life” and that of the “Miracles” of the same saint.
Bref aperçu des Actes de Bartalomēwos moine stéphanite du XVe siècle
Authors: Beylot Robert
Published: July 2020

Bartalomēwos, an Agame monk and Emperor Zarʾa Yāʿqob’s teacher before his accession to the throne, was a disciple of the monk Esṭifānos (1397/98–1444) who was a famous leader of a religious and political dissident group. He suffered pains and was eventually tortured to death after 1444 for refusing to prostrate himself before the sovereign, as Esṭifānos had taught him.
Origines de la localisation en Ethiopie du Royaume du Prêtre-Jean
Authors: Beylot Robert
Published: July 2020

Miscellaneous Article
In memoriam Charles Fraser Beckingham (1914-1998)
Authors: Irvine Arthur K.
Published: July 2020

ObituaryATTENTION: Due to copy-right no online publication is provided.
David W. Phillipson (ed.): The Monuments of Aksum. Based on the work in A.D. 1906 of the Deutsche Aksum-Expedition by Enno Littmann, Daniel Krencker and Theodor von Lüpke (Berlin 1913)
Authors: Hahn Wolfgang
Published: July 2020

Review
Stuart Munro-Hay: Catalogue of the Aksumite Coins in the British Museum
Authors: Hahn Wolfgang
Published: July 2020

Review
Abdussamad H. Ahmad - Richard Pankhurst (eds.): Adwa. Victory Centenary Conference 26 February - 2 March 1996
Authors: Uhlig Siegbert
Published: July 2020

Review
Fekade Azeze: Introduction to Oral Literature
Authors: Richter Renate
Published: July 2020

ReviewATTENTION: Due to copy-right no online publication is provided.
January 11–17, 2000, at Asmära (Eritrea): Against All Odds: African Languages and Literatures into the 21st Century — An International Conference and Festival
Authors: Tafla Bairu
Published: July 2020

Conference Review
In memoriam Julius Aßfalg (1919-2001)
Authors: Weninger Stefan
Published: July 2020

Obituary
Ethnicity and Democracy in the Horn of Africa
Authors: Pausewang Siegfried
Published: July 2020

Review Article
Rodolfo Fattovich - Kathryn A. Bard - Lorenzo Petrassi - Vincenzo Pisano: The Aksum Archaeological Area: A Preliminary Assessment
Authors: Uhlig Siegbert
Published: July 2020

Review
Delio Vania Proverbio: La recensione etiopica dell’omelia pseudocrisostomica de ficu exarata ed il suo tréfonds orientale
Authors: Camplani Alberto
Published: July 2020

Review
Didier Morin: Le texte légitime, Pratiques littéraires orales traditionnelles en Afrique du nord-est
Authors: Smidt Wolbert G.C.
Published: July 2020

Review
André Évalet: De Ménélik à Mengistu. Un Suisse en Éthiopie
Authors: Rouaud Alain
Published: July 2020

Review
Stanislaw Chojnacki: Ethiopian Icons. Catalogue of the Collection of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies Addis Ababa University
Authors: Six Veronika
Published: July 2020

Review
Christiankij Wostok, Zeitschrift der Russischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Ermitage
Authors: Jeřábek Michael
Published: July 2020

ReviewATTENTION: Due to copy-right no online publication is provided.
26.–30. März 2001 in Bamberg: XXVIII. Deutscher Orientalistentag
Authors: Six Veronika
Published: July 2020

Conference Report
Notice-board: Award announcement
Authors: Team Editorial
Published: July 2020

Editorial Notice
Modern Ethiopia and Colonial Eritrea
Authors: Taddia Irma
Published: July 2020

The article develops some reflections on present-day Eritrea in the light of the colonial past and in the context of modern Ethiopia. If we consider Eritrea and its path towards independence, some differences and analogies emerge in comparison with other African colonies. The Eritrean independence is taking place today in a very specific context in post-colonial Africa. It is not a simple case of delayed decolonization, postponed by 30 years with respect to other former African colonies. The history of Eritrea must be studied within the colonial context: colonialism created a national identity, but Eritrea is a colony that did not become an independent state. This phenomenon can be attributed to various causes which I will try to underline. The process of state formation in Eritrea raises some problems for historians. The construction of a new political legitimacy is strictly connected to the birth of a national historiography in the country. I would like to examine in a critical way the process of writing history in contemporary Eritrea. Reconstructing the history of the past goes beyond the reconstruction of the history of the Eritrean state today. We have to consider the entire area – the Horn of Africa – in the pre-colonial period. The paper discusses the interrelation between the creation of the state and the national historiography.
Note sur le Kebrä Nägäst
Authors: Beylot Robert
Published: July 2020

Short note about the Kǝbrä Nägäst, the Glory of the Kings.
In memoriam Roger Schneider (1917–2002)
Authors: Drewes Abraham Johannes
Published: July 2020

Obituary
Paul B. Henze: Layers of Time. A History of Ethiopia
Authors: Abbink Jon G.
Published: July 2020

Review
Bairu Tafla (ed. and trans.): Ethiopian Records of the Menilek Era: Selected Amharic Documents from the Nachlaß of Alfred Ilg, 1884–1900
Authors: Bekele Shiferaw
Published: July 2020

Review
Uoldelul Chelati Dirar and Gianni Dore: Carte Coloniali. I documenti italiani del Fondo Ellero
Authors: Bekele Shiferaw
Published: July 2020

Review
Fasil Nahum: Constitution for a Nation of Nations: The Ethiopian Prospect
Authors: Scholler Heinrich
Published: July 2020

Review
The Silver Coins of the Aksumite King Meḥadeyos in the Light of the Chemical-Physical Analyses
Authors: Pedroni Luigi , Devoto Guidi
Published: July 2020

Recently it was possible to examine a struck and a cast silver coin issued by the Aksumite king Mehadeyos (ca. 420/430 A.D.) typologically similar to the cast type Munro-Hay AR 1. The chemical-physical analyses carried out on these Aksumite coins – the cast specimen and the minted one – from a side show a substantial convergence with those realised by others, but they diverge for the aspect regarding their authenticity. In actual fact the minted coin is an obvious counterfeit because the chemical composition of the alloy contains silver (92/93%) in a percentage never attested in the contemporary Aksumite coinage whereas the cast specimen has been proved to be ancient and made of good silver and copper alloy (85%), typical of the Aksumite coinage in the 5th century A.D. Furthermore its microcrystalline structure and the concretions developed over hundreds of years eliminate all doubts about a hypothetical remelting of the coin in modern times. ATTENTION: Due to copy-right no online publication is provided.
Äthiopien und seine Nachbarn: Ethiopia and its Neighbours
Authors: Munro-Hay Stuart
Published: July 2020

ReviewATTENTION: Due to copy-right no online publication is provided.
Bibliographie zur äthiosemitischen und kuschitischen Sprachwissenschaft VIII: 2003
Authors: Voigt Rainer
Published: July 2020

Bibliography for the Study of Ethiosemitic, Cushitic and Omotic Languages.
Index to Studia Aethiopica
Authors: Böll Verena , Nosnitsin Denis , Rave Thomas , Smidt Wolbert G.C. , Sokolinskaia Evgenia
Published: July 2020

Index to Verena Böll, Denis Nosnitsin, Thomas Rave, Wolbert Smidt and Evgenia Sokolinskaia (eds.), Studia Aethiopica. In Honour of Siegbert Uhlig on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday, Harrassowitz Verlag: Wiesbaden 2004, 459 pp.
In memoriam Sevir B. Chernetsov (1943–2005)
Authors: Nosnitsin Denis
Published: July 2020

Obituary
Ezekiel Gebissa: Leaf of Allah. Khat & Agricultural Transformation in Harerge, Ethiopia 1875–1991
Authors: Bustorf Dirk
Published: July 2020

Review
Sisay Fissaha Adafre: Adding Amharic to a unification-based machine translation system – an experiment
Authors: Voigt Rainer
Published: July 2020

Review
Gérard Colin: Le livre éthiopien des miracles de Marie (Taamra Mâryâm)
Authors: Six Veronika
Published: July 2020

Review
20.–24. September 2004 in Halle/Saale: XXIX. Deutscher Orientalistentag
Authors: Waltisberg Michael
Published: July 2020

Conference Report
Notice Board
Authors: Team Editorial
Published: July 2020

Editorial Notice
Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): A recent threat and future management strategy in Nepal
Authors: Gahatraj S. , Tiwari S. , Sharma S. , Kafle L.
Published: July 2020

Abstract. Fall Armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, is an invasive pest of maize including other cultivated crops such as rice, wheat, and many other vegetables. This invasive species was initially noticed in North-America and later reported in many countries of Africa in early 2016. In South Asia, this has been reported for the first time in India followed by Srilanka in 2018 and Bangladesh, China, Taiwan and Nepal in 2019. It is polyphagous in nature and damage has been reported in more than 80 plant species. The loss has to lead up to 50-80% in maize in severe situation. FAW is a distant flyer and can fly more than 100 km in a night and spread well in crop fields. As this pest is already invasive in many states of India and the likelihood of entry and spreading in Nepal is higher because of the open border between the countries and flexible government quarantine policy. The great socio-economic loss has been forecasted once this pest has received invasive status in Nepal. Recently, this crop has been confirmed by Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) in Gaidakot area of Nawalpur district, Nepal and has been noticed in almost all parts of Nepal such as Sidhuli, Chitwan, Nawalparasi, Tanahun and Rupendehi districts. However, this information has not been endorsed by Nepal Plant Protection Office (NPPO), an official invasive species endorsing organization in Nepal. This species is spreading rapidly in maize growing areas and significant losses have been reported in maize crop by the farmers. The regular scouting, surveillance, and monitoring can be suggested to evaluate the pest status in the crop field. Habitat manipulation with the deployment of deterring crops ‘push’ such as desmodium (Desmodium uncinatum) and pest-attracting crop ‘pull’ such as Napier (Pennisetum purpureum) and Sudan grass (Sorghum vulgare sudanense) is suggested in a ‘push-pull strategy’, the most popular and successful method of FAW management in the maize field. Field sanitation, and conserving pest’s natural enemies are other integrated approaches. However, in a commercial maize field, a group of ‘soft’ and selective chemicals have been suggested for immediate control of this pest. This review compiled the recent informations available on FAW and is useful for farmers, researchers and policy makers to draw a roadmap for the future FAW management in Nepal.
Influence of variety endosperm type and seed moisture content on threshability and mechanical damage of sorghum seeds
Authors: Muiru W.M. , Fabiola P.L. , Mbuge D. , M’Ragwa L. , Kimaru S.L.
Published: July 2020

Abstract. Sorghum is an important cereal crop and it is native in African tropical areas. It is a globally cultivated crop and the fifth most important cereal after maize, rice, wheat and barley. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of endosperm type, seed moisture content and threshing methods on percentage threshability and mechanical damage of sorghum seeds. Two varieties of sorghum (Kari-mtama 1 and Seredo) were grown in two diverse locations, Kiboko and Katumani. Variety Kari-mtama1 has hard (vitreous) endosperm while the other variety Seredo has soft (non-vitreous) endosperm. After harvesting, sorghum panicles were dried in the sun and oven. The panicles were threshed separately for each drying method at two moisture levels, namely 18-20% and 13-14%. The three threshing methods used included beating with wooden stick in tied sack, using wooden mortar and pestle as well as using threshing machine. The results showed that the vitreous endosperm variety had significantly high percentage threshability and significantly low mechanical damage than non-vitreous endosperm variety under both drying methods. There was a significant (p≤0.05) increase in threshability and decrease in mechanical damage when the seeds were threshed at 13-14% moisture content compared to 18-20%. For better seed quality, threshing machine is the best method to be used to avoid mechanical damage and seed quality deterioration. Drying methods used to dry seed panicles before threshing had no effects on threshability and mechanical damage. This implies that sorghum panicles can be dried either in the sun or oven without affecting threshability and mechanical damage at the two moisture levels and by using the three threshing methods.
“Dog” is “God” Spelled Backward
Authors: Carlyle Donna , Watson Katie
Published: July 2020

This brief report describes the unique and innovative work of a hospital chaplaincy “Good Samaritan” staff welfare dog named “Poppy Jingles.” As the importance of stress prevention and burnout among National Health Service staff (UK) has been highlighted in current policy, the initiative of animal-assisted therapy is both timely and significant. The relevance of inter-species well-being is detailed in this article, describing what can be considered as Poppy’s “nonhuman charisma.” This includes eliciting specific aspects of well-being which can be thought to correspond to eudaimonic states of human flourishing.
State and Aims of Enhancement of Health and Social Care for Child Population
Authors: Baranov Alexander A. , Albitskiy Valery Yu. , Ustinova Nataliya V.
Published: July 2020

The article discusses the major steps in development of health and social care for the child population in Russian Federation. Principal legislative and regulatory acts covering the medical care provision are specified. Two regional organizational models of health and social care for the child population were presented, they have shown their effectiveness. Principle problems for the development of systematic approach to the organization of health and social care for children in Russia are listed. Moreover, main directions for its development and nearest prospects associated with the implementation of program activities carried out within the framework of the Decade of Childhood.
Spatial analysis of inequalities in fetal and infant mortality due to avoidable causes
Authors: Bonfim Cristine Vieira do , Silva Amanda Priscila de Santana Cabral , Oliveira Conceição Maria de , Vilela Mirella Bezerra Rodrigues , Freire Neison Cabral Ferreira
Published: July 2020

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze social inequalities in spatial distribution of fetal and infant mortality by avoidable causes and identify the areas of greater risk of occurrence. Methods: avoidable deaths of fetal and infant residents of Recife/Brazil were studied. The rates of avoidable fetal and infant mortality were calculated for two five-year periods, 2006-2010 and 2011-2015. The scan statistics was used for spatial analysis and related to the social deprivation index. Results: out of the total 2,210 fetal deaths, 80% were preventable. Avoidable fetal mortality rates increased by 8.1% in the five-year periods. Of the 2,846 infant deaths, 74% were avoidable, and the infant mortality rate reduced by 0.13%. Conclusions: in the spatial analysis, were identified clusters with higher risk for deaths. The social deprivation index showed sensibility with areas of worse living conditions.
Solubilization of Araxá natural phosphate and decomposition of plant residues by bacterial isolates
Authors: Paredes Filho Mário Viana , Silva Adriano Bortolotti da , Florentino Ligiane Aparecida
Published: July 2020

ABSTRACT Brazil imports most of the phosphate fertilizers used in agriculture, however, it has national deposits in its territory that can supply part of the domestic market demand. In order of these to be used effectively, it is necessary to identify techniques to accelerate the release of phosphorus (P) from these rocks. The objective was to evaluate the influence of inoculation with phosphate solubilizing bacterial isolates (PSB) and decomposition of different plant residues in the solubilization of Araxá natural phosphate (ANP). Two experiments were carried out in a completely randomized design in a 5 x 4 factorial scheme, with four replicates. The first experiment evaluated the solubilization of ANP by PSB in culture medium with four different sources of carbon: glucose, saccharose, cellulose, and pectin. The treatments were incubated for seven days and then were analyzed the P concentration and pH values. In the second experiment, the ANP was applied in 300 cm3 of soil, placed in incubation chambers, with six grams of dry and crushed plant material of white oat, brachiaria, crotalaria, lupine, and the inoculation of PSB. Decomposition was evaluated weekly by quantifying the carbon of the CO2-C released and, after 42 days was analyzed the concentration of P in the soil. It was observed that the carbon source directly influences the solubilization of ANP by PSB, especially the genus Burkholderia. Treatments containing crotalaria and lupine residues showed higher CO2-C values, and the ones containing plant residues associated with BSF inoculation obtained the highest levels of P in the soil.