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 Leiden University catalogue |
| Title: | Taking the place of food: khat in Ethiopia |
| Editor: | Gebissa, Ezekiel |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Pages: | 239 |
| Language: | English |
| City of publisher: | Trenton, NJ |
| Publisher: | The Red Sea Press |
| ISBN: | 1569023182; 9781569023181 |
| Geographic term: | Ethiopia |
| Subjects: | khat drug use cash crops government policy |
| Abstract: | Khat (catha edulis) is a psychoactive shrub grown for centuries in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. The leaves and twigs of this stimulant have now become an important income-generating occupation for millions of Ethiopians. Besides Ethiopia, it has become an ubiquitous habit in Djibouti, Somaliland and some Middle Eastern countries. Once regarded as a Muslim habit, more recently it has spread through all layers of Ethiopian society and to many other countries and some governments are considering legislation against it. The essays in this volume are: Introduction: Ethiopia's khat dilemma (Ezekiel Gebissa); Tradition and innovation in the ritual of khat consumption in Wallo, northern Ethiopia (Hussein Ahmed); Chewing and dreaming: youth, imagination, and the consumption of khat in Jimma, southwestern Ethiopia (Daniel Mains); Keeping tradition and killing time: the use and misuse of khat in Ethiopia (Ezekiel Gebissa); Crop and commodity: economic aspects of khat production and trade (Ezekiel Gebissa); Agrarian debacle and the spread of the dollar leaf in northern and southern Ethiopia (Degol Hailu); Khat and livelihood dynamics in the Harer Highlands of Ethiopia: significance and challenges (Habtemariam Kassa); Market incentives, rural livelihoods, and a policy dilemma: expansion of khat production in eastern Ethiopia beyond the Tesfaye (Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Daniel Start); Beyond the politics of prohibition (Ezekiel Gebissa); Afterword (Christopher Clapham). [ASC Leiden abstract] |
