Tim Carmichael

College of Charleston, History, Faculty Member

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When Satiety and Avarice Marry, Hunger is Born: African Voices of the Colonial Era, ca. 1896-1945

African Voices of the Global Past: 1500 to the Present, ed. by Trevor R. Getz, 2014

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The Somali Youth League constitution: a handwritten Arabic copy (c. 1947?) from the Ethiopian Security Forces Archives in Harär

Journal of Eastern African Studies, v. 4, n. 3, Jan 1, 2010

The group founded in 1943 as the Somali Youth Club (SYC) and reorganized in 1947 as the Somali Yo... more The group founded in 1943 as the Somali Youth Club (SYC) and reorganized in 1947 as the Somali Youth League (SYL) dominated Somali politics for decades, yet has been subjected to little focused scholarship. This article briefly summarizes the SYL's history; reproduces and translates an Arabic copy of the party's constitution which is housed in the Harärgé branch of the Security Forces Archives in neighboring Ethiopia; and comments on the problematic nature of the document's Arabic. This version of the SYL constitution is part of the SYL's history in Ethiopia, as well as the group's changing and poorly understood relationships with the Addis Abäba government and Ethiopia's security forces headquarters in Jijjiga and Harär.

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The Lion of Judah’s Pen: Introducing a Collection of Ras Täfäri Mäkwännen/Emperor Haylä Sellassé’s ‘Personal’ Correspondence

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The Diaspora in Yemen

Routes of Passage: Rethinking the African Diaspora, ed. by Ruth Simms Hamilton, 2006

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Bureaucratic literacy, oral testimonies, and the study of twentieth-century Ethiopian history

Journal of African Cultural Studies, Jan 1, 2006

Despite Ethiopia's reputation for an ancient tradition of literacy, until relatively recently the... more Despite Ethiopia's reputation for an ancient tradition of literacy, until relatively recently the ability to read and write was confined to a small percentage of the population. The country's most notable increase in literacy began in the early-to mid-twentieth century, paralleling the development of the 'modern' Ethiopian state. Within it, administrators stationed throughout the provinces came more and more to communicate with each other and to inscribe certain events in writing, but orality retained its importance as a significant feature of the country's political culture. Through analysis of court records, security forces reports, and administrative correspondence, this article explores the literacyorality interface in Ethiopian governance from the 1910s to about 1950, and comments on the challenges of interpreting oral sources collected in the politicized climate of the 1990s. It concludes that particular caution should be exercised when working with post-1991 oral data, and proposes that Ethiopian archives from earlier periods may reveal more about patterns in daily governance than hitherto appreciated. Thus, amidst invigorated scholarly and popular debates about the 'modern' Ethiopian state and its interactions with subject peoples (and their and others' experiences under Ethiopian rule), it is proposed that historians should pay closer attention to a variety of widely available, but so far underutilized official Ethiopian language sources, while keeping in mind the interplay of literacy -orality processes behind the recording of the documents.

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Editorial introduction language, power and society: orality and literacy in the Horn of Africa

Journal of African Cultural Studies, Jan 1, 2006

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Religion, Language, and Nationalism: Harari Muslims in Christian Ethiopia

Islam in World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives, ed. by R. Michael Feener, 2004

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Approaching Ethiopian History: Addis Abäba and Local Governance in Harär, C. 1900 to 1950

Discussing the Leaf of Allah: Linguistic Aspects of Qat Culture in Harar, Ethiopia

UFAHAMU, Jan 1, 2000

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Political Culture in Ethiopia’s Provincial Administration: Haile Sellassie, Blata Ayele Gebre and the (Hareri) Kulub Movement of 1948

Personality and Political Culture in Modern Africa: Studies presented to Professor Harold G Marcus, ed. by M. Page, S. Beswick, T. Carmichael and J. Spaulding, 1998

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Contemporary Ethiopian discourse on Islamic history: the politics of historical representation

Islam et societes au sud du Sahara, Jan 1, 1996

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British 'practice'towards Islam in the East Africa protectorate: Muslim officials, Waqf administration, and secular education in Mombasa and environs, 1895–1920

Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, Jan 1, 1997

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When Satiety and Avarice Marry, Hunger is Born: African Voices of the Colonial Era, ca. 1896-1945

African Voices of the Global Past: 1500 to the Present, ed. by Trevor R. Getz, 2014

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The Somali Youth League constitution: a handwritten Arabic copy (c. 1947?) from the Ethiopian Security Forces Archives in Harär

Journal of Eastern African Studies, v. 4, n. 3, Jan 1, 2010

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The Lion of Judah’s Pen: Introducing a Collection of Ras Täfäri Mäkwännen/Emperor Haylä Sellassé’s ‘Personal’ Correspondence

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The Diaspora in Yemen

Routes of Passage: Rethinking the African Diaspora, ed. by Ruth Simms Hamilton, 2006

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Bureaucratic literacy, oral testimonies, and the study of twentieth-century Ethiopian history

Journal of African Cultural Studies, Jan 1, 2006

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Editorial introduction language, power and society: orality and literacy in the Horn of Africa

Journal of African Cultural Studies, Jan 1, 2006

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Religion, Language, and Nationalism: Harari Muslims in Christian Ethiopia

Islam in World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives, ed. by R. Michael Feener, 2004

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Approaching Ethiopian History: Addis Abäba and Local Governance in Harär, C. 1900 to 1950

Discussing the Leaf of Allah: Linguistic Aspects of Qat Culture in Harar, Ethiopia

UFAHAMU, Jan 1, 2000

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Political Culture in Ethiopia’s Provincial Administration: Haile Sellassie, Blata Ayele Gebre and the (Hareri) Kulub Movement of 1948

Personality and Political Culture in Modern Africa: Studies presented to Professor Harold G Marcus, ed. by M. Page, S. Beswick, T. Carmichael and J. Spaulding, 1998

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Contemporary Ethiopian discourse on Islamic history: the politics of historical representation

Islam et societes au sud du Sahara, Jan 1, 1996

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British 'practice'towards Islam in the East Africa protectorate: Muslim officials, Waqf administration, and secular education in Mombasa and environs, 1895–1920

Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, Jan 1, 1997

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