The Ethiopians: An Introduction to Country and People (Oxford Paperbacks)

This book "concentrates principally on historic Abyssinia and the culture of its Semitized peoples, and begins with a chapter on the history of the exploration of Ethiopia and of Ethiopian studies. Subsequent chapters cover the geographical background and ethnic groups, religion and the church, language and literature, art and music, daily life and customs." Quotation taken from the back cover of the book.