Anthropology

Anthropology
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ISSN: 2332-0915

Kebede Lemu Bekelcha

Department of Social Anthropology, Bule Hora University, Oromia, Ethiopia

Biography

Kebede Lemu Bekelcha completed his MA in Social Anthropology from Hawassa University, Ethiopia in 2019. He completed his BA Degree in Social Anthropology from Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). He has been working as a Graduate Assistant I, II and Assistant Lecturer at Bule Hora University, Ethopia. He has published many papers in various journals.

Publications

  • Case Report   
    Feragezagn: Customary Conflict Resolution Mechanism among Gurage Zone in the Case of Meskan Woreda Southern Ethiopia
    Author(s): Kebede Lemu Bekelcha* and Wondu Yasin Said

    The major goal of this study was to explore the role of Feregezagn in handling/ settling conflicts in the Meskan bête Gurage. Meskan Communities are found in Gurage Zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State (SNNPRS). The researcher was conducted in Meskan woreda. Qualitative research methodology was employed in the study for its appropriateness to explore the role of customary institutions in handling/ settling conflicts in the study area and data was collected through the use of interview and focus group discussion (FGD) and case study. The results obtained from the study suggest that Conflicts in Meskan bête Gurage, as in anywhere else, may vary from trivial interpersonal disagreements to a serious dispute which might eventually lead to homicide. The most common conflict issues in Meskan bête Gurage are land and boundary related conflicts, fa.. View More»
    DOI: 10.35248/2332-0915.20.9.226

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