People of Gamo Gofa

"People of Gamo Gofa" is an amended and translated edition of the German publication "Westkuschitische Völker Süd-Äthiopiens" from 1963. The book features the results of research expeditions to Ethiopia in 1950 - 52 and 1954/55. The main focus is on today's Gamo Gofa region with ethnographic descriptions of the Dorse, Gamo, Sala and others.

Helmut Straube (1923 - 84) was professor and hold the chair at the Institute of Anthropology and African Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich.