Abstract:
The marginalization is segregation of some ethnic group from economic, political and social
activities. This study was aimed to investigate the socio-economic effects of Marginalization of
Manja Ethnic Group in Essera District, Dawuro Zone Southern Ethiopia. A multistage sampling
design used to select 10 kebeles out of 29 rural kebeles of the EsseraDistrict. Primary data were
collected from 281 sampled respondents, Focus Group Discussions and key informant interview.
Checklists and structured questionnaire was used for qualitative and quantitative respectively.
For secondary data collected from internet source and journal. Data were analyzed
quantitatively by using different statistical methods such as percentage, frequency through
tabulation. From the Econometrics, the Binary Logistic regression models used to identify the
important factors for the marginalization of Manja ethnic group and the qualitative data was
analyzed qualitatively. For statistical analysis SPSS version 20 Computer software were
employed.The finding reveals that the major causes for the marginalization were living apart
from malla ethnic group, undermining themselves, eating dead animals and lack of sanitation.
With regard to the social and economic effect, the result indicates that manja ethnic group of
people are more excluded and marginalized from social and economy participation in Essera
District of the Dawuro zone. Among 8 the predictors included in the logistic model, 4 were
significant at (p<0.05) probability level. Accordingly, Educational level, possession of fixed
asset, mass media access and market access found to be highly important variables influencing
marginalization of manja ethnic group. Therefore, all concerned bodies should give attention to
factors that significantly influence marginalization
