BOOKS:
1) SIDAMA SUSTENANCE ~ Foodways of the Sidama Tribe
By Donna Sillan, MPH Order through BLURB.com at: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/3400715
2) Common River: An Alternative Approach to Creating Change in International Development
By Ashley Lackovich- Van Gorp, Antioch University, PhD in Leadership and Change candidate. Read Ashley’s Thesis
3) A Resource guide for Sustainably Rehabilitating Malnourished Children, by Donna Sillan http://www.coregroup.org/storage/documents/Diffusion_of_Innovation/Hearth_Book.pdf
4) The Infinite Emotions of Coffee, by Alon Halevy.
We had a visitor from Google Headquarters, Alon Halevy, come stay at Common River in 2011. He was writing a book on coffee, The Infinite Emotions of Coffee, and had it published. There is a beautiful chapter on Ethiopia, which greatly highlights our program: macchiatone.
4) Suggested Reading: Common River Reading List 2012
Ethiopian History
- The Ethiopians: A History (Peoples of Africa), Richard Pankhurst
- A History of Ethiopia Updated Edition , Harold G. Marcus
- Wax and Gold: Tradition and Innovation in Ethiopian Culture, Donald N. Levine
- Greater Ethiopia: The Evolution of a Multiethnic Society, Donald N. Levine
- The Emperor, Ryszard Kapuscinski
Ethiopian Fiction
- Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese The BEST Book on Ethiopia!
- Notes from the Hyena’s Belly, Nega Mezlekia **** excellent READ!
- Sweetness in the Belly, Camille Gibb
- The Beautiful things That Heaven Bears, Dinaw Mengestu
Ethiopian Non-Fiction
- Journey Through Ethiopia, Mohamed Amin, Duncan Willets, and Alaistair Matheson
- Held at a Distance: My Rediscovery of Ethiopia, Rebecca Haile *
- Surrender or Starve, Robert Kaplan
- Seeds for Demoncratization in Ethiopia: Why Unity of Purpose Matters, Semegn Tamirate
- The Hospital by the River, Dr. Hamlin
Education
- Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson and David Relin
Micro-finance/Livelihoods
- How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas by David Bornstein
- Uncommon Grounds, The History of Coffee and How it Transformed Our World, Mark Pendergrast
- Business Solutions for the Global Poor: Creating Social and Economic Value, V. Kasturi Rangan
- You Can Hear Me Now: How Microloans and Cell Phones are Connecting the World’s Poor to the Global Economy, Nicholas P. Sullivan
- Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty, Muhammad Yunus
Capitalism at the Crossroads, Stuart L. Hart - The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits (Wharton School Publishing Paperbacks), CK Prahalad
- Capitalism at the Crossroads: The Unlimited Business Opportunities in Solving the World’s Most Difficult Problems, Stuart L. Hart
- A Billion Bootstraps: Microcredit, Barefoot Banking, and The Business Solution for Ending Poverty, Philip Smith
- How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas by David Bornstein
- Untapped: Creating Value in Underserved Markets, John Weiser
- The Blue Sweater, Jacqueline Novogratz
Health
- Mountains beyond Mountains, Tracy Kidde
Africa
- Not on Our Watch, Don Cheadle, John Prendergest
- The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time by Jeffrey Sachs
- The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good by William Easterly
- The Shadow of the Sun, Ryszard Kapuscinski
- Escape from Slavery, Francis Bok
Adoption
- There is No Me Without You: One Woman’s Odyssey to Rescue Africa’s Children, Melissa Fay Greene
Travel Guides
- Lonely Planet Guide: Ethiopia and Eritrea *** preferred
- Brandt: Ethiopia
Lonely Planet: Amharic Phrasebook
Language book:
Ethiopian Amharic Phrasebook, Lonely Planet
FILMS:
- Black Gold, documentary on Sidamo coffee growers
- Black Coffee
- A Walk to Beautiful (fistula patients)
- Heart of Fire (Eritrean child soldiers)
Research Papers
Requests for papers can be directed to Donna Sillan (dmsillan@gmail.com)
1) Ashley N. Lackovich-Van Gorp,Phd. Antioch University – PhD Program in Leadership and Change, 2014
Positive Deviance and Child Marriage by Abduction in the Sidama Zone of Ethiopia
http://aura.antioch.edu/etds/150/
2) Thea Astrid Hambleton, Lund University, Sweden: Spring 2016
Bachelor of Science Programme in Development Studies
What is a good man? A qualitative field study of how hegemonic masculinity is changing and being maintained in relation to livelihood diversification, education and gendered division of labor in Southern Ethiopia
3) Nancy K. Beam, Ph.D., UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, 2016
Women and men’s preferences for delivery services in rural Ethiopia
http://gradworks.umi.com/10/13/10133409.html
4) Anne Berit Petersen, Phd. University of San Francisco and Loma Linda University, 2016
Factors associated with secondhand tobacco smoke in the home: an exploratory cross-sectional study among women in Aleta Wondo, Ethiopia
http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-016-3588-6
5) Jason Speaks, University of California, San Francisco 2016
MS, BS, BA, APRN-C, NP-C, FNP-BC, RN
Lead Adjunct Faculty, USF, Doctoral Student, UCSF, Family Health Care Nursing
The effects of kitchen smoke in Southern Ethiopia (not finished)
6) University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- a) Maternal Health Care in Pre- and Post- “Red Terror” Populations in Rural Ethiopia (2010)
Kathleen R. Gong, Joshua Essel, Myra Liu, Ann Lu, Wade Murray, Matthew Murrell, Edward Shipper, Nishina Thomas
- b) Ethiopia Outreach: Rural Medicine and Research Abroad (2012)
Kelsey Bryant, John Anhalt, Courtney Wiener, John Doehring, Bilal Dar, Allison Price
- c) Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Titara Region Aleta Wondo, Ethiopia (2013)
Report By: Kelsey Bryant John Anhalt Bilal Dar Courtney Wiener John Doehring
d) Use of Traditional versus Allopathic Medicine in A Rural Ethiopian Town (2014)
Evelyn Ashiofu, Katherine Berry, Patrick Butler, Robert Collins, Mia Gonzales, Matt Jacobs, Cameron Nichols, Nicholas Tsourmas, Christina Zink MD, and Chris McNeil MD
Ethiopia Presentation 2014 AND Ethiopia Outreach Poster
More Resources from UTHSCSA Attachment: Ethiopia Presentation 2014
UT PROJECTS:
- Ruth Berggren and 4 students (2007)
- Dr. Berggren’s (2) and 8 students(June 2008) (Linda and Irina) 4th year
- Dr. Usatine (1) with 6 students (June 2009) 1st year
- Dr. Usatine and 8 students (June 2010) (Katie Wong): Maternal Health
- Dr. Usatine and 8 students (June 2011) (Eric Brown): lost data Water and Sanitation
- Dr. Karnes and Dr. Zink and 8 students (May 2012) (Kelsey Bryant): Water and Sanitation
- Dr. Zink and Dr. Alex and 8 students (May 2013) (Suzanne Davis): Rural Medicine
- Dr. Zink and Dr. Alex and 8 students (May 2014)
- Dr. Zink and Dr. Foster: 11 students: Trachoma prevention (May 2015)
- Dr. Berggren, Dr. Curiel and Dr. Nayar: 10 students: TB Incidence (May 2016)
7) University of Wisconsin (2013)
- a) Handbook of Sidama Traditional Medicial Plants
- b) Alex Mcalvay University of Wisconsin–Madison (2013)
Healthcare access and traditional medicine among the Sidama of Ethiopia
8) Donna Sillan, MPH, Co-founder Common River
SIDAMA SUSTENANCE ~ Foodways of the Sidama Tribe
http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/3400715
http://store.blurb.com/ebooks/292918-sidama-sustenance (e-book)
9) NGO Management: University of SF: Thomas Natale and Virginia Turner
A Strategy for Organizational Capacity Building: School of Management, Master of Nonprofit Administration
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