This· thesis entitled Security and Frontier Trade in Ginnir from 1941 to 1991 is a historical reconstruction of major events existed in Ginnir, a woreda in Oromia National Regional State in the South Central portion of Ethiopia. The thesis begins with a description and analysis of the historical background of the described study area and followed by detailed narration on security and trade in the period being studied. Furthermore, it clearly describes the major pull factors attracted the population movement and settlements since its incorporation and which reached climax especially in 1960s and 70s, and how it changed the demography, culture and social structure of Ginnir woreda. It also emphasized on how these changes brought conflicts which developed to the 1976 - 78 civil war in the region with its consequences. And also shade light on the 1978 resettlement scheme in Ginnir woreda. The paper has also detailed the trade routes, commercial items and the merchants participated in local and frontier trade as well as the legal and illicit trade in the study time frame.

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts History at Bahir Dar University