Since Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his ruling Prosperity Party came to power, there have been concerns about the distortion of Ethiopian history, specifically Gurage history. The Prosperity Party, particularly the Oromo Prosperity Party, has been accused of claiming Gurage history as their own, even though it is not a part of Oromo culture. They have implemented strategies such as publishing false information about Gurage history in books sponsored by the party and land grabbing from Gurage regions to incorporate them into the Oromo region.

It is crucial to challenge these distortions and present the truth to the public. One effective way to accomplish this is by providing the public with accurate and fact-based books and research papers about the Gurage community. In this regard, we extend our appreciation to Samrawit Kibru Haile, a partner at Qawa Press, who has compiled a list of original and fact-based resources about Gurage. Today, we will showcase the first round of books and research papers about Gurage written by scholars who have extensively researched Gurage history.

ስለ ጉራጌ ሁለንተናዊ መልክ በተለያየ መልክ የገለፁ መጽሐፍት እነ የምርምር ድርሳናት!!

Gurage Bibliography

1,  Abute, W.-S. 1997. Can the Gurage Model be replicated? Development Associations and self help in the Southern region of Ethiopia. A. Redie, M. Korner and R. Poesschke. Addis Ababa: GTZ Ethiopia

2, Ambaw Demissie. 1990. The phonology of Zay. A generative approach. M. A. thesis, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa (unpublished).

3, Alemu, D. 1999. Gogot: The history of the Gurage Nationality. Welkite: Gurage Zone Department of Culture

4, Aredo, D. and G. Assefa. 1998. Civil society organizations in development: Indigenous institutions in the Cheha Wereda of the Gurage Zone. The Role of indigenous associations and institutions in development, Addis Ababa.

5, Baker, J. 1992. The Gurage of Ethiopia: Rural-Urban interaction and entrepreneurship. In J. Baker and P. O. Pedersen (eds.) The Rural-Urban interface in Africa: Expansion and adaptation.. Upsala, The Scandinavian Institute of African Studies. 27.

6, Banksira, Degif Petros. 2000. Words without a lexical category? Lingua Posnaniensis 42:7-18.

7, Banksira, Degif Petros. 2000. Sound Mutations: the morphophonology of Chaha. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

8, Bereka, W. S. 1986.. Result of Co-operative Work. Addis Ababa.

9, Boivin, Robert. 1996. Spontaneous Nasalization in Inor. In G. Hudson (ed.) Essays on Gurage Language and Culture. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pp. 21-33.

10, Brandt, Steven, Kathryn Weedman & Girma Hundie. 1996. Gurage Hide Working, Stone Tool Use and Social Identity: an Ethnoarchaeological Perspective. In G. Hudson (ed.) Essays on Gurage Language and Culture. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pp. 35-51.

11, Chamora, Berhanu. 1996. Consonant distribution in Inor. In G. Hudson (ed.) Essays on Gurage Language and Culture. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pp. 53-67.

12, Chamora, Berhanu. 1997. The phonology of Inor verbs. M.A. thesis, Université du Québec à Montréal.

13, Chamora, Berhanu & Robert Hetzron. 2000. Inor. Munich: Lincom Europa.

14, Crass, Joachim & Meyer, Ronny. 2005. Die Komplexität sprachlicher und kultureller Kontakte anhand der Nomenklatur zur Ensete-Pflanze. In: W. Bisang, T. Bierschenk, D. Kreikenbom, U. Verhoeven (eds.), Kulturelle und sprachliche Kontakte. Prozesse des

Wandels in historischen Spannungsfeldern Nordostafrikas/Westasiens. Akten zum 2. Symposium des SFB 295 der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 15.-17.10.2001,

(Kulturelle und sprachliche Kontakte 2), Würzburg: Ergon, 411-427.

15, Crass, Joachim, Girma A. Demeke, Meyer, Ronny & Wetter, Andreas. 2005. Copula and focus constructions

in selected Ethiopian languages, (ULPA Languages and Literatures, no 25), Leipzig: Institut für Afrikanistik.

16, Cohen, Marcel. 1936. Etudes d’éthiopien méridional. Paris: Guenther.  

17, Devens, Monica. 1996. Annotated Gurage Bibliography of Wolf Leslau. In G. Hudson (ed.) Essays on Gurage Language and Culture. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pp. 5-16.

17, Ford, Carolyn. 1991. Notes on the phonology and grammar of Chaha-Gurage. Journal of Afroasiatic Languages 3:231-296.

19, Fellman, J. 1993. Gurage – the Last Straw. Journal of Modern African Studies 31(4): 673-674

20, Gabre, Y. 1997. The Guraghe Road Construction Organisation. In A. Redie, M. Korner and R. Poesschke (eds.) Development Associations and self help in the Southern region of Ethiopia.. Addis Ababa, GTZ Ethiopia.

21, Gabre, Y. 1995. The Road to Sustainable Progress. United Nations World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen in 1995., Copenhagen.

22, Gabre, Y. 1993. A Short History of GPSDO. Addis Ababa, GPSDO.

23, Gardner, Simon und Ralph Siebert. 1994. Second S.L.L.E. survey of the Zay language area. Survey of Little-known Languages of Ethiopia, no. 17, Addis Ababa: SIL and Institute of Ethiopian Studies.

24, Gedamu, F. (1970). The Social and Cultural foundation of Gurage Associations. The Third International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa.