Social Anthropology – College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Dejene Teshome Kibret

Title: Dr.

Full Name: Dejene Teshome Kibret

Nationality: Ethiopian

Academic Rank: Associate Professor

College/Institute: CSSH

Department/Team: Social Anthropology

Field of Specialization: Social Anthropology (Medical Anthropology, Development Anthropology)

Research interest: Medical Anthropology, Development Anthropology, Urban Anthropology, Population displacement, Resettlement and Migration

Publications:

Bong, D.K., Kibret, D.T. & Tesfaye, Z.M. (2022). Indigenous Beliefs and Healing among the Opo Community in Gambella, South West Ethiopia. EthioInquiry: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2(1): 20-31.

Tekle Wakjira Firisa and Dejene Teshome Kibret (2024). “We Do Not Want To Take Risks”: Defensive medicine in maternity wards and its implications for maternal health. AGATHOS, Volume 15, Issue 2 (29): 431-441, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.13950372

Dejene Teshome Kibret and Tekle Wakjira Firisa(2024) Institutional Delivery and Maternal Health: Anthropological Insights from South West Ethiopia. Annals of Anthropological Practice.V.48 No.1 doi.org/10.1111/napa.12210

Dejene Teshome Kibret(2019) Epistemological Tug of War, Traditional Medicine and the Potential for Modus Vivendi in Ethiopia. African Research Review. Vol.13 No.3. DOI:10.4314/afrrev.v13i3.10

Dejene Teshome Kibret (2017) The Quest for Regulating Traditional Medicine and Its Discontents in Ethiopia. Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies, vol.11, no.1

Sisay Alemayehu and Dejene Teshome Kibret (2020) How Culturally Competent Is Biomedicine At Jimma University Specialized Teaching Hospital, South West Ethiopia? AGATHOS, Volume 11, Issue 1 (20): 280-287

Sirika Gemachu and Dejene Teshome Kibret(2016) Reproductive Health and the Cost of Being a Female Student: Experiences from Jimma College of Teachers Education. Transcience (2017) Vol. 8, Issue 1

Dejene Teshome Kibret (2016) Traditional Medicine and the externalizing –internalizing Discourse. Proceedings of National Conference on Traditional Medicine, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Addis Ababa.

Dejene Teshome Kibret (2013) Illness Behavior, Medical pluralism and Non-compliance to Biomedicine: Reflections from Addis Ababa. Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, 3(5)

Dejene Teshome Kibret (2013) An Overview of the Role of Traditional Medicine in Ethiopia. ABHINAV 2(4)

Dejene Teshome Kibret (2011) The effects of urban Development in Addis Ababa: A Case Study of the Beltway Project. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3639325850

Freelance Consultancy Research

March 2016: An Assessment of Tourism Potential in Jimma Zone, financed by

European Union and Subcontracted by Oromia Regional National State (member of the research team)

October 2006: A Survey of Harmful Customary Practices with special emphasis to violence against women and girls in Girar Jarso Woreda- submitted to ANPPCAN -Ethiopia Office

January 2007: Monitoring and Evaluation System for ANPPCAN – Ethiopia Chapter

Contact Address:

Email: teshome.dejene@ju.edu.et or

dejenetk@gmail.com

Tel:

Fax:

P.O. Box: 378 Jimma University

Dejene Gemechu Chala

Title: Prof.

Full Name: Dejene Gemechu Chala

Nationality: Ethiopian

Academic Rank: Professor

College/Institute: College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Department/Team: Social Anthropology

Field of Specialization: Social anthropology

Research interest: Indigenous knowledge, Gender, legal pluralism,

Publications (some)

Virginity as a sign of Masculinity: The case of the Borana Oromo, Ethiopia. Cogent Social Sciences, 9:1, 2194739, DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2023.2194739
The politics of personal name: Naming and self-renaming among the Oromo of Ethiopia. Nordic Journal of African Studies – Vol 28 No 4 (2019)
Wako, W., Chala, D. G., Gemede, N. J., & Ero, D. (2023). Indigenous social protection mechanism: The practices and challenges of Buusaagonofaa in the Borana Oromo, Southern Ethiopia. The Journal of Rural and
Community Development, 18(4), 84–102.
Conflict and Conflict Resolution among the Waliso Oromo of Eastern Macha, with particular Emphasis on the Guma (blood Price payment). Addis Ababa: United Printers PLc., 2007
The Customary courts of the Waliso Oromo, in Gabre Yntiso et al (eds.), Customary dispute Resolution Mechanisms in Ethiopia, published by The Ethiopian Arbitration and Conciliation Center, 2011, Addis Ababa, ISBN: 978-99944-994-6-5.
Travelling Ideologies and the Resurgence of Traditional Institutions in Post-1991 Ethiopia, In Andrea Behrends, Sung-Joon Park, Richard Rottenburg (eds). Travelling Models in African Conflict Management. Translating Technologies of Social Ordering. Leiden: Brill.ISBN/ISSN: 978-90-04-26460-1/1574-6925 pp 147-166 (2014).
Oral text in cultural and natural context: Riddles among the Walisoo Liiban Oromo. Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences and Languages studies (EJSSLS), 1(1), 41-62.
The survival of WalisoLiban Gadaa. Journal of Oromo Studies. Vol. 21 no. 1 August 2014. Pp 93-119
Jigaa Institution: The Surviving Gadaa Court among the Jimma Oromo, Ethiopia, Ethiop.j.soc.lang.stud. 2(2), 3-23. ISSN: 2408-
9532; ISSN: 2412-5180.
Investigating the hidden: the lukaa–lukee system
among the Kuttaayee Oromo, Ethiopia, The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, 2016, Vol. 48, No. 1, 110126
Mathematics through Oral Text among the
Walisoo Liiban Oromo, Ethiopia, Journal of Oromo Studies. Volume 22, Number 1 August 2015
Indigenous Mechanism of Conflict Resolution among the Oromo: The Case of
Reejjii Institution of Jimma, Ethiopia. Journal of Oromo Studies. Volume 22, Number 1 August 2015
Census through riddle: the Case of Waliso Liban Oromo, Ethiopia. International Journal of Sociology andAnthropology. Vol.8(5), pp. 36-44, May 2016
DOI: 10.5897/IJSA2015.0620
Indigenous Federation: The Case of Borana Oromo, Ethiopia. The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 8(1). Retrieved from: http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/iipj/vol8/iss1/2.DOI: 10.18584/iipj.2017.8.1.2
Blessing the Route, Striving for Peace and Success: Borana-Arbore Ritual Gift Exchange. Anthropos, (112) 2017, 153-165 (2017)
The indigenous Oromo peacemaking ritual: The case of Tajoo among Waayyuu Oromo of Arsii, Ethiopia. Journal of Languages and Culture. Volume 7 Number 4 April (2016)
Harmahodhaa: A traditional child fostering and fictive kinship formation among the Oromo, Ethiopia. Ethiop.j.soc.lang.stud., Vol.6.No.2, pp.27-47.(2019)
The Politics of Personal Name: Renaming and Self-naming among the Oromo of Ethiopia. Nordic Journal of African Studies- NJAS). Vol 28 No 4 (2019).
Yetimgeta Shiferaw Woldeamanuel, Dejene Gemechu Chala, and Nega Jibat Gemede. (2020). Risk factors and implications of road traffic accidents in Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinnee, Ethiopia. Ethiop.j.soc.lang.stud.Vol. 7 .No.1, pp.49-65
Livestock Banking as Innovative Response to Effects of Recurrent Drought in Pastoralist Communities: the case of Borana, Ethiopia. ILIRIA International Review – Vol 10, No 2. Pp 11-37. (2020)

Segregation the Living and the Dead: the case of the Dawro in Ethiopia, j.soc.stud vol 8. No 2. Pp23-38 (2021)
Marrying off Early: Pre-Marital Virginity and Family Integrity among the Oromo in Central Ethiopia. International Journal for Innovation Education and Research. 9 No-12. Pp. 126-141. (2021)
Huuba irraa Fuudhuu: Female Genital Cutting among the Oromoo, in Dawo District, Ethiopia. Gadaa Journal/ Barruulee Gadaa 4, No.2 pp. 36-56. (2021)
The politics of symbols: the incorporation of Gadaa symbols into
state constitutional rhetoric in Oromia, Ethiopia. j.soc.lang.stud. Vol. 9 .No.2, pp.3-18.
Legal pluralism, gender and justice: women’s rights to property under marriage dissolution among the Oromo in Jimma, Ethiopia. Legal Pluralism and Critical Social Analysis, DOI: 10.1080/27706869.2022.2115222
Wildlife roadkill in Southwestern Ethiopia: Hotspots, drivers, and victim species. Heliyon 9 (2023) e19783

Contact Address:

Email: dejene.gemechu@ju.edu.et or sachekebo@gmail.com

Tel: +251911766348

Fax:

P.O. Box: 378

Jira Mekonnen Choroke

Title: Dr.
Full Name: Jira Mekonnen Choroke
Nationality: Ethiopian
Academic Rank: Assistant Professor
College/Institute: College of Social Sciences and Humanities
Department/Team: Social Anthropology
Field of Specialization: Culture, cash cropping and traditional farming
Research interest: Culture, indigenous knowledge, cash crops, environmental
issues
Publications:
1. Zerihun Mekuria Tesfaye, Dejene Gemechu Chala, Jira Mekonnen Choroke. 2024.
Forbidden, yet common: Female genital cutting among the Oromo in central
Ethiopia. PLOS ONE 19(12): https://doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0315566
2. Jiraa Mokonnon, Bulloo Fiixaa, Tarrafee Mitikkuu. 2024. Xiinxala Gahee Loonii
Sirna Fuudhaafi Heeruma Oromoo Maccaa Keessatti: Kuttaayee Irratti
Xiyyeeffachuun; Gadaa Journal/Barruulee Gadaa Vol. 7 No. 2;
https://journals.ju.edu.et
3. Dejene Gemechu Chala, Jira Mekonnen. 2022. The Politics of Symbols: The
Incorporation of Gadaa Symbols into State Constitutional Rhetoric in Oromia,
Ethiopia; Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences and Language Studies, Vol. 9
.No.2, pp.3-18; http://journals.ju.edu.et/index.php/ejssls
4. Mesfin Desta Kute, Jira Mekonnen Choroke, Dejene Gemechu Chala. 2021.
Segregating the Living and the Dead: The Case of the Dawro in Ethiopia;
Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences and Language Studies, Vol. 8. .No.2, pp.23-
38; http://journals.ju.edu.et/index.php/ejssls

5. Boru Mussa Burqaa. 2021. Malkaa Tarraamuu: The Customary Constitution of
the Itu Oromo Gada System; (ed.). Heritage Printing Press, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
6. Stevenson, E., & Mekonnen, J. (2012. Two rivers: water and power in Ethiopia. In
E. Mendenhall, & A. Koon (Eds.), Environmental Health Narratives: A Reader for
youth. University of New Mexico Press
7. Sirna Gadaa: Siyaasa Oromoo Tuulamaa (2007) (Vol. 1) (ed.); Oromia Culture
and Tourism Bureau, Finfinne (Addis Ababa), Ethiopia
8. Beruk Haile & Jira Mekonnen. (2008). Customary dispute resolution in Harar. In
Pankhurst, Alula and Getachew Asefa (Eds.), Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mechanisms in Ethiopia, Grass-roots Justice in Ethiopia: The Contribution of
Customary Dispute Resolution. Centre Française d’Etudes Ethiopiennes. Addis
Ababa
Contact Address:
Email: jira.mekonnen@ju.edu.et
Tel: +251911346815/+25179982797
Fax:
P.O. Box: 378 (JU’s)

Department: Social Anthropology