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Terefe Mitiku Mekonin
Terefe Mitiku Mekonin
terefe.mitiku@ugent.be
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1102-2518
Department
Department of Languages and Cultures
Other institution(s)
Jimma University Department of Oromo Folklore andliterature
Curriculum Vitae
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Research Focus
Art
Interculturalism
Literary studies
Research Period
20th Century
Contemporary
Research Region
Africa
Research Methodology
Comparative
Field research
Language and text analysis
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Projects
Projects as PhD researcher
Human and non-human interaction in Oromo oral fables
(
2023
-
2027
)
Projects as researcher
Storytelling and young people coping with crisis. Oral narratives and crisis management in Kenya and Ethiopia
(
2022
-
2027
)
Publications
Most recent publications
Mekonin, Terefe Mitiku. “The Farmer and the Animals.”
African Storytelling and Images in Teaching : Youth and Crisis Management through Folktales and Visuals from Kenya and Ethiopia
, edited by Inge Brinkman et al., De Gruyter, 2026, pp. 111–18, doi:10.1515/9783112235010-016.
Chala, Dejene Gemechu, et al. “The Speaking Fauna, Flora, and Phenomena : Personification in the Oral Literature of the Walisoo Liiban Oromoo.”
FINFINNEE JOURNAL
, vol. 1, no. 1, 2025, pp. 73–101.
Choroke, Jiraa Mokonnon, et al. “Analysis of the Roles of Cattle in the Traditional Marriage Rituals of the Macca Oromoo : The Case of Kuttaye.”
GADAA JOURNAL
, vol. 7, no. 2, 2024, pp. 126–40.
Tolasa, Megersa Regassa, and Terefe Mitiku Mekonin. “Orality in African Literary Works : An Interaction of Oromo Oral Literature with Written Poetry.”
RESEARCH IN AFRICAN LITERATURES
, vol. 54, no. 3, 2024, pp. 111–30, doi:10.2979/ral.00019.
Edae-Tufa, Milkessa, et al. “Hora and Cattle Owners of Maccaa Oromo in Ethiopia : An Analysis from Folkloric Perspective.”
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTICULTURAL AND MULTIRELIGIOUS UNDERSTANDING
, vol. 4, no. 4, 2017, pp. 40–52, doi:10.18415/ijmmu.v4i4.87.
Full bibliography