• Negotiating gender and sexuality in the HIV/AIDS discourse in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Contradictions and paradoxes. 

      Zenebe, Mulumebet (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2006-11-28)
      The AIDS epidemic has been recognized as the most pressing national health problem in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Zenebe argues that HIV/AIDS prevention programs in Ethiopia are not producing expected results because they are not based on understanding the distinctive characteristics of the people’s sexual cultures shaped by relations of power, by history, and by differentiated traditions within the ...
    • Religious Mahbär in Ethiopia: Ritual Elements, Dynamics, and Challenges 

      Flemmen, Anne Britt; Zenebe, Mulumebet (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-11-09)
      This article explores the religious association <i>mahbär</i>, also called <i>tsïwwa</i>, in Ethiopia. Data from lay practitioners as well as priests show that religious mahbär has many religious as well as social functions. It is a ritual with long traditions in the Ethiopian Orthodox <i>Täwahedo</i> Church. The authors show that what characterizes mahbär as a ritual is its unusual richness, ...