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Shanqella (Amharic: ሽንቅላ šänqəlla sometimes spelled Shankella, Shangella, Shánkala, Shankalla or Shangalla) is an exonym for a number of ethnic groups that today reside primarily in the westernmost part of Ethiopia near South Sudan (especially Benishangul-Gumuz Region), but are known to have also inhabited more northerly areas until the late nineteenth century.[1] A pejorative, the term was traditionally used by the local Afro-Asiatic-speaking populations to refer to "Negro" generally, or slave reserves particularly those from communities speaking Nilo-Saharan languages.[2] The etymology of Shanqella is uncertain. It has been suggested that the appellation may stem from an Amharic epithet meaning "black". However, it is likely that the term is instead of more ancient, Agaw derivation given the Agaw substratum in the Amharic language.[3][4] The 1935 League of Nations report detailed the dehumanization of Shanqella under the Ethiopian Empire.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Swainson Fisher, Richard (1852). The book of the world, Volume 2. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  2. ^ Women and Slavery: Africa, the Indian Ocean world, and the medieval north Atlantic. Ohio University Press. p. 216.
  3. ^ Lipsky, George Arthur (1962). Ethiopia: Its People, Its Society, Its Culture, Volume 9. HRAF Press. p. 36. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  4. ^ Smidt 2010, p. 525.
  5. ^ Ethiopia: land of slavery & brutality (PDF). League of Nations. 1935. p. 1.

References

  • Smidt, Wolbert (2010), "Šanqəlla", in Uhlig, Siegbert (ed.), Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, vol. 4, pp. 525–527

Further reading

  • Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Shangalla" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 24.
  • Deane, John Bathurst (1833), "Chapter VII", Worship of the Serpent, pp. 427 and 437 {{citation}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  • Harley, Timothy (1885), "Chapter III", Moon Lore, pp. 113–114 {{citation}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  • Malthus, Thomas (1826), "Chapter VIII ¶ 8 (polygamy among the Shangalla) and ¶ 22 (premature aging)", An Essay on the Principle of Population, London: John Murray {{citation}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  • Microsoft Encarta staff (1994), "Ethiopia", Encarta, University of Pennsylvania (republisher)
  • Pankhurst, R. 1977. The history of the Bareya, Shanqella, and other Ethiopian slaves from the borderlands of the Sudan. Sudan Notes and Records 59: 1-43.
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