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The Ogaden nationwide Liberation entrance (ONLF): The trouble of Its fight in Ethiopia
Author(s): Abdi M. Abdullahi
Source: evaluation of African Political economic system, Vol. 34, No. 113, Imperial, Neo-Liberal Africa? (Sep., 2007), pp. 556-562
Published through: Taylor & Francis, Ltd.
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20406430

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He had existed something under Stewart’s shadow, quietly teaching and exploring natural history. 16 From his brother, Smith had obtained a surveyor’s theodolite, which Roberts used to determine the latitude and longitude of the mission. 17 Smith was also inquisitive about 24 Chapter 2 terrestrial magnetism, and wondered if Roberts could make magnetic observations at Lovedale. 18 At all events, Roberts continued Smith’s record taking of local atmospheric conditions (temperature, air pressure, and rainfall), and between 1888 and 1910, reported the data to the Cape Meteorological Commission, which was chaired by Andrew’s brother, Charles Abercrombie Smith.

Accordingly, sympathy for Roberts’s personal research and private opinions would have to come from his far-flung acquaintances, particularly David Gill. Roberts confided in Gill that he differed with many of his Lovedale coworkers on what they were doing as missionaries. 40 They could strive to raise the Africans’ spiritual level, Roberts believed, but they could not dictate change. African custom and unwritten law would continue to hold for quite some time. Meanwhile, individual land tenure should be encouraged, which implied African participation in electoral politics.

11 Lizzie’s first two pregnancies were difficult. After Annie was born, Lizzie took some months to recover. Christine’s birth also took a toll on her mother. Alex was concerned enough about Lizzie’s well-being that he requested a leave of absence so she could recuperate in the company of her family. The Roberts family sailed for Scotland in November 1888 for what they expected to be a six-month furlough. Alex, however, got his wife pregnant again. While he was able to postpone their departure for the Cape Colony for a short while, the FMC compelled Alex to return to Lovedale the following September.

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