Author(s): Abbebe Kifleyesus
Language: English
Pages: 10
Year: 2016
The article discusses the role of Sūfism and syncretism in North-Eastern Šäwa, Ethiopia. It highlights the religious and cultural plurality, saint veneration, sūfi shrines, pilgrimage and rituals and role of women. This historical book translated by Emran M. Waber 2013, is a collection of essays by the author Enrico Cerulli that focus on Islam, its history, and its religious and political nature. The original collection is a historical texts written in Arabic mostly from Harar old archives, that provide valuable insights into the political, social, and economic life of Ethiopia, particularly during periods when significant interaction occurred between the Ethiopian region and the wider Islamic world, allowing researchers to study Ethiopian history through the lens of Arab perspectives and firsthand accounts.
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