Cultural Anthropological Study of Sustainable Societies : An Analysis of Livelihoods Among Ethnic Groups in Southwestern Ethiopia

非洲经常被描述为一个充满暴力、贫穷、腐败等问题的大陆。然而，各国之间、各区域之间、各社会之间的情况似乎差别很大，这表明有必要在每个尺度上进行更详细的研究。本研究从社会可持续性的角度考虑了埃塞俄比亚西南部的少数民族群体，分析了作为生态问题的主要作物的当地加工和烹饪方法，以及作为社会问题的牧民社会和农民社会之间反复出现的冲突，以及在边境地区持续半个多世纪的定居点遗弃现象。

Africa is often described as a continent bound with such problems as violence, poverty, corruption, etc. However, situations seem to differ greatly from countries to countries, from regions to regions, and from societies to societies, which indicates the necessity of a more detailed study at each scale. This study considers minor ethnic groups in southwestern Ethiopia in terms of the sustainability of societies by analyzing, as an ecological issue, local processing and cooking methods of a staple crop, and as social issues, recurring conflicts between herder societies and farmer societies, and the phenomenon of settlement abandonment in a frontier area which lasts over a half century.