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ABSTRACT
This article introduced the audience about the most distorted usage of the term has been so systematic and
known indigenous conflict resolution mechanism in persistent that many people subconsciously came to
North
th East Ethiopia called the "Abegar System". associate «indigenous / [local] » with «inferior».
“Abegar” is widly practiced in Amhara Region. The Regrettably, that dangerous association appears to
Abegar aims at the restoration of order and harmony have influenced our attitudes,
itudes, our life styles and, more
of the community. Reconciliation is its necessary importantly, our choice of development techniques,
objective for the restoration of social cohesion of the policies, models, and strategies.
community in general and of social relationships
between conflicting parties in particular. This study is Paul Collier (2007a), suggest that developing states
a descriptive in its purpose and case study in its should take
ake context as a starting point to understand
methodological approach. Primary and secondary data the local limits and capacity.. It is equivalent to mean
are collected for this study. The researcher
rcher contributes local/ indigenous values should be considered as
to create awareness about the issue at hand for solution to solve local problems.
problems Leaders and policy
concerned body and promote the use of indigenous makers in Africa tried to adopt solutions from foreign
knowledge as an alternative conflict resolution. The countries for many years (Babatunde
Babatunde, & Mujidat,
study explored cultural values that contribute to 2014). On the contrary some
ome African scholars insisted
peaceful coexistence, political stability
ity and economic on the need for framing, situating and elevating the
development of the above mentioned community. discourse on indigenous values to meet pressing
security challenges; and by so doing the third world
KEYWORDS: Indigenous, conflict Resolution, people can mobilize appropriate and timely solutions.
Reconciliation, Wollo
For many centuries like Ethiopian, indigenous
INTRODUCTION knowledge have utilized and practiced in the way that
helped the society to exist. These Values are
The term «indigenous» means local or native to the embedded in the culture of the community and are
country, the people or the society concerned (Mervyn, used as first hand solutions to solve their problems.
2010). Base on this definition, in this work we can But in the modern Ethiopianian history foreign solutions
interchangeably use the term “local” and “indigenous” were favored instead of domestic solutions (Assefa,
(
to man home grown or popular in the local 2011).). Despite a long period of this practice, Ethiopia
community. According to Mervyn (2010), shortly is still facing a number of social, cultural and political
after the beginning of the European colonial problems.
adventure, that term gradually assumed a derogatory
Man works are done on the contribution of indigenous
connotation. In the course of time, it came to be
conflict resolution mechanism and and values for
applied exclusively to non-European
European peoples and
being a solution to peace and security problems in
[their values], who were, and to some extent, still are
Africa. For example Babatunde, Mujidat (2014); Kofi
considered inferior to those
ose of the Western. That
Gbolonyo (2009); Abegunrin (2009); Apuuli (2011);