The Origins of the Borana Gada System
C. R. Hallpike
Africa: Journal of the International African Institute
Vol. 46, No. 1 (1976), pp. 48-56
Published by: Cambridge University Press
Article Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/1159092
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Monday, April 16, 2012
Borana Student Advancement
7:35 PM
Borana Broadcasting Television
Championed by Fuller Torrey (Ethiopia staff: 64–66)STARTED IN 2004 by the Ethiopian registered NGO Mega Vision Developmental Association (MVDA), the Borana Student Advancement project provides summer classes for selected students from the Borana region in far southern Ethiopia. Classes are taught in Borana towns by university students who come from that region. During the summer of 2011, 357 students (222 males, 135 females) from grades 4 to 8 were taught by 32 university students (only 4 females) in two towns, Mega and Hidilola.Students in the Borana region are disadvantaged both because many of their families are semi-nomads, and also because...
