Papers by Agafari Solomon
Agafari Solomon Biography, 2024
was born on June 26, 1990, in the rural kebele of Doko Tsida in Chencha Zuria woreda. Growing up ... more was born on June 26, 1990, in the rural kebele of Doko Tsida in Chencha Zuria woreda. Growing up in a family of farmers, Agafari experienced the challenges and rewards of agricultural life. With his father having multiple wives, Agafari grew up in a bustling household with nine siblings, including three brothers and six sisters. The close-knit family environment instilled in him a sense of community and the importance of strong familial bonds.
Desta Mussa, 2021
The objective of this study was designed to investigate the practices and challenges of productiv... more The objective of this study was designed to investigate the practices and challenges of productive safety net programme implementation in Gamo highlands located in south west Ethiopia high above the Great Rift Valley. To explain this, concurrent triangulation mixed research method is applied. The study employed both primary and secondary data. Primary data were collected from 273 productive safety net beneficiary household heads selected randomly. Moreover, key informant interview and focus group discussion were conducted to explain practices and challenges of the programme. The quantitative techniques used for data analysis are descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, and Spearman rho correlation and also non-parametric inferential statistics is used. The study results indicate that, 64.5% of PSNP beneficiary households are male headed and 35.5% are female headed. Cochran and McNamera tests indicate that PSNP targets households with small land holding size and low asset accumulation. Krusikal Wallis test and Mann-Whitney U test show that cash is the most preferred mode of transfers than food and half food and half cash. PSNP improved asset building and child education of beneficiaries and also it increased asset building to community through food for work scheme. Challenges to the effectiveness of the programme are beneficiaries unwilling to graduate, unplanned use of budget, local government forces beneficiaries to buy fertilizer more than the amount they need and even more than their land sizes, PSNP develops attitude of dependence, rescheduling loan repayment, quota systems that leads to unfairness, inclusion of non-poor’s, but exclusion of poor, PSNP support is small in amount, some of male beneficiaries use the income from PSNP for alcohol consumption, and lack of full family targeting and six month transfer life span for public work within a year. As the result immature graduation of PSNP beneficiaries without building viable assets, is observed. To achieve food security, PSNP had better target the whole household members rather than some of household members. It is better to expand its coverage so that the whole food insecure households will be reached. Graduation from the programme should strictly follow its implementation manuals, equally monitoring and evaluating local level administrative bodies for their responsibilities.
Keywords: PSNP, Household, Implementation, Challenge, Gamo Highlands
Desta Mussa, 2021
The objective of this study was designed to investigate the practices and challenges of productiv... more The objective of this study was designed to investigate the practices and challenges of productive safety net programme implementation in Gamo highlands located in south west Ethiopia high above the Great Rift Valley. To explain this, concurrent triangulation mixed research method is applied. The study employed both primary and secondary data. Primary data were collected from 273 productive safety net beneficiary household heads selected randomly. Moreover, key informant interview and focus group discussion were conducted to explain practices and challenges of the programme. The quantitative techniques used for data analysis are descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, and Spearman rho correlation and also non-parametric inferential statistics is used. The study results indicate that, 64.5% of PSNP beneficiary households are male headed and 35.5% are female headed. Cochran and McNamera tests indicate that PSNP targets households with small land holding size and low asset accumulation. Krusikal Wallis test and Mann-Whitney U test show that cash is the most preferred mode of transfers than food and half food and half cash. PSNP improved asset building and child education of beneficiaries and also it increased asset building to community through food for work scheme. Challenges to the effectiveness of the programme are beneficiaries unwilling to graduate, unplanned use of budget, local government forces beneficiaries to buy fertilizer more than the amount they need and even more than their land sizes, PSNP develops attitude of dependence, rescheduling loan repayment, quota systems that leads to unfairness, inclusion of non-poor’s, but exclusion of poor, PSNP support is small in amount, some of male beneficiaries use the income from PSNP for alcohol consumption, and lack of full family targeting and six month transfer life span for public work within a year. As the result immature graduation of PSNP beneficiaries without building viable assets, is observed. To achieve food security, PSNP had better target the whole household members rather than some of household members. It is better to expand its coverage so that the whole food insecure households will be reached. Graduation from the programme should strictly follow its implementation manuals, equally monitoring and evaluating local level administrative bodies for their responsibilities.
Keywords: PSNP, Household, Implementation, Challenge, Gamo Highlands
ABSTRACT
The study sets out to describe the indigenous marriage practices of the Doko community i... more ABSTRACT
The study sets out to describe the indigenous marriage practices of the Doko community in Chencha Zuria Woreda. It devotedly looked at exploring indigenous concepts of Doko on marriage and mate selection rules, describing the type of marriages and their practices, pointing out the socio-economic implications, and examining the changes and continuities of indigenous marriage practices. To meet these objectives the study employed ethnographic approach. The data used for the study was based on the six months of field work with forty six informants in Doko Tsida and Doko Dambo kebeles. During the field work a number of methods of data collection, including in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, participant observations and Case studies were employed to collect primary data. The data obtained from both primary and secondary sources were organized thematically and analyzed qualitatively. The finding of the study shows that the Doko community perceives marriage as the fundamental and an obligatory institution. Thus, everyone is expected to marry because it is seen as the only way to procreation. This is because any marriage that has been blessed with children has special place in Doko community. Without marriage, there may be no family. Marriage creates a very strong bond not only between couples, but between clans and local communities. Thus, marriage in the community is guided by the indigenous mate selection rules. Every Doko person is expected to adhere to these rules. Deviations from the rules result in negative sanction. There are six different types of indigenous marriage practices prevail in Doko community. However, some changes have been noticed in indigenous marriage practices in the recent times due to various factors such as education, internal migration, government legislations, and introduction of Christianity. Some aspects of indigenous marriage practices are borrowed from non-indigenous marriage systems while at the same time discarding some of its practices, which might become incompatible with changing conditions. Consequently, the Doko indigenous marriage practices are in the process of adapting to the changing social, economic and political systems, and taking the synchronized form.
Key Words: Doko, Indigenous, Marriage practices, Change, Mate Selection, Kinship
Drafts by Agafari Solomon
Teaching Documents by Agafari Solomon
Medical anthropology, 2023
Medical anthropology is an interdisciplinary field which studies "human health and disease, healt... more Medical anthropology is an interdisciplinary field which studies "human health and disease, health care systems, and bio-cultural adaptation". The definition has the following components; The definition provided by Schrimshaw (2000), McElroy (1993) and many others focuses on three key aspects namely:
CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORIES, 2015
It is a necked reality that theory is the core of anthropology. Theories determine the types of q... more It is a necked reality that theory is the core of anthropology. Theories determine the types of questions anthropologists ask and the sorts of information they collect. Without a solid understanding of the history of theory, anthropological data remain a collection of ‘exotic ethnographic vignettes’. With knowledge of theory, these vignettes become attempts to answer critical philosophical and practical problems. Thus, it is critical that anthropologists understand the theory and its historical context. Students face two choices, then, if they wish to understand the theoretical perspectives that ultimately drive ethnographic fieldwork: They can read classic theoretical articles or they can read someone's interpretations of those articles. For readers who are not well versed in anthropological theory, neither choice is ideal.
As a professional discipline anthropology is a subject in which theory is of great importance. It is also a subject in which theory is closely bound up with practice. Anthropological theory may be compared to a large crossroads with busy traffic and a few, temporarily employed traffic policemen who desperately try to force the unruly traffic to follow the rules. (There are, it must be admitted, a number of minor crashes and other accidents almost every day.) Or it could be described, more harmoniously, as a coral reef, where the living corals literally build upon the achievements of their deceased predecessors. Put differently; during the approximately 100 years that have passed since modern anthropology was established in the USA, Britain and France, many general theories have been proposed, become fashionable in and sometimes outside of anthropology, have been fiercely debated and challenged, and have disappeared, often almost without leaving visible traces.
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Keywords: PSNP, Household, Implementation, Challenge, Gamo Highlands
Keywords: PSNP, Household, Implementation, Challenge, Gamo Highlands
The study sets out to describe the indigenous marriage practices of the Doko community in Chencha Zuria Woreda. It devotedly looked at exploring indigenous concepts of Doko on marriage and mate selection rules, describing the type of marriages and their practices, pointing out the socio-economic implications, and examining the changes and continuities of indigenous marriage practices. To meet these objectives the study employed ethnographic approach. The data used for the study was based on the six months of field work with forty six informants in Doko Tsida and Doko Dambo kebeles. During the field work a number of methods of data collection, including in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, participant observations and Case studies were employed to collect primary data. The data obtained from both primary and secondary sources were organized thematically and analyzed qualitatively. The finding of the study shows that the Doko community perceives marriage as the fundamental and an obligatory institution. Thus, everyone is expected to marry because it is seen as the only way to procreation. This is because any marriage that has been blessed with children has special place in Doko community. Without marriage, there may be no family. Marriage creates a very strong bond not only between couples, but between clans and local communities. Thus, marriage in the community is guided by the indigenous mate selection rules. Every Doko person is expected to adhere to these rules. Deviations from the rules result in negative sanction. There are six different types of indigenous marriage practices prevail in Doko community. However, some changes have been noticed in indigenous marriage practices in the recent times due to various factors such as education, internal migration, government legislations, and introduction of Christianity. Some aspects of indigenous marriage practices are borrowed from non-indigenous marriage systems while at the same time discarding some of its practices, which might become incompatible with changing conditions. Consequently, the Doko indigenous marriage practices are in the process of adapting to the changing social, economic and political systems, and taking the synchronized form.
Key Words: Doko, Indigenous, Marriage practices, Change, Mate Selection, Kinship
Drafts by Agafari Solomon
Teaching Documents by Agafari Solomon
As a professional discipline anthropology is a subject in which theory is of great importance. It is also a subject in which theory is closely bound up with practice. Anthropological theory may be compared to a large crossroads with busy traffic and a few, temporarily employed traffic policemen who desperately try to force the unruly traffic to follow the rules. (There are, it must be admitted, a number of minor crashes and other accidents almost every day.) Or it could be described, more harmoniously, as a coral reef, where the living corals literally build upon the achievements of their deceased predecessors. Put differently; during the approximately 100 years that have passed since modern anthropology was established in the USA, Britain and France, many general theories have been proposed, become fashionable in and sometimes outside of anthropology, have been fiercely debated and challenged, and have disappeared, often almost without leaving visible traces.
Keywords: PSNP, Household, Implementation, Challenge, Gamo Highlands
Keywords: PSNP, Household, Implementation, Challenge, Gamo Highlands
The study sets out to describe the indigenous marriage practices of the Doko community in Chencha Zuria Woreda. It devotedly looked at exploring indigenous concepts of Doko on marriage and mate selection rules, describing the type of marriages and their practices, pointing out the socio-economic implications, and examining the changes and continuities of indigenous marriage practices. To meet these objectives the study employed ethnographic approach. The data used for the study was based on the six months of field work with forty six informants in Doko Tsida and Doko Dambo kebeles. During the field work a number of methods of data collection, including in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, participant observations and Case studies were employed to collect primary data. The data obtained from both primary and secondary sources were organized thematically and analyzed qualitatively. The finding of the study shows that the Doko community perceives marriage as the fundamental and an obligatory institution. Thus, everyone is expected to marry because it is seen as the only way to procreation. This is because any marriage that has been blessed with children has special place in Doko community. Without marriage, there may be no family. Marriage creates a very strong bond not only between couples, but between clans and local communities. Thus, marriage in the community is guided by the indigenous mate selection rules. Every Doko person is expected to adhere to these rules. Deviations from the rules result in negative sanction. There are six different types of indigenous marriage practices prevail in Doko community. However, some changes have been noticed in indigenous marriage practices in the recent times due to various factors such as education, internal migration, government legislations, and introduction of Christianity. Some aspects of indigenous marriage practices are borrowed from non-indigenous marriage systems while at the same time discarding some of its practices, which might become incompatible with changing conditions. Consequently, the Doko indigenous marriage practices are in the process of adapting to the changing social, economic and political systems, and taking the synchronized form.
Key Words: Doko, Indigenous, Marriage practices, Change, Mate Selection, Kinship
As a professional discipline anthropology is a subject in which theory is of great importance. It is also a subject in which theory is closely bound up with practice. Anthropological theory may be compared to a large crossroads with busy traffic and a few, temporarily employed traffic policemen who desperately try to force the unruly traffic to follow the rules. (There are, it must be admitted, a number of minor crashes and other accidents almost every day.) Or it could be described, more harmoniously, as a coral reef, where the living corals literally build upon the achievements of their deceased predecessors. Put differently; during the approximately 100 years that have passed since modern anthropology was established in the USA, Britain and France, many general theories have been proposed, become fashionable in and sometimes outside of anthropology, have been fiercely debated and challenged, and have disappeared, often almost without leaving visible traces.