Ethiopian Revolution 1974-1991: From a Monarchical Autocracy to a Military OligarchyFirst published in 1997. Ethiopia, the only country in Africa to survive the nineteenth-century European scramble for the continent, has a long, unique, and complex history. This stretches back over three million years to Lucy, or as the Ethiopians call her Dinkenesh, the earliest known ancestor of the human race, to the political turmoil of late twentieth-century Africa. Teferra Haile-Selassie writes partly as a historian, but also, and perhaps more importantly, as a sincere and sensitive observer, who lived through the later historical events which he describes, and indeed played a notable role in several of them. |
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... Menilek II ( 1889–1913 ) Succession to Menilek The First Part of the Reign of Emperor Haile Selassie I ( 1930-35 ) The Italian Occupation of Ethiopia ( 1935–41 ) The Second Part of the Reign of Emperor Haile Selassie I ( 1941-74 ) Notes ...
... Menilek II ( 1889–1913 ) Succession to Menilek The First Part of the Reign of Emperor Haile Selassie I ( 1930-35 ) The Italian Occupation of Ethiopia ( 1935–41 ) The Second Part of the Reign of Emperor Haile Selassie I ( 1941-74 ) Notes ...
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... Menilek of Shewa. Soon after the death of Tewodros and the withdrawal of the British expeditionary force Gobeze crowned himself Tekle Giorgis, king of kings of Ethiopia in 1868. Ras Adale Tessema of Gojjam, a brother-in-law of Tekle ...
... Menilek of Shewa. Soon after the death of Tewodros and the withdrawal of the British expeditionary force Gobeze crowned himself Tekle Giorgis, king of kings of Ethiopia in 1868. Ras Adale Tessema of Gojjam, a brother-in-law of Tekle ...
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... Menilek , as it was intended to do and even put the kings at loggerheads with each other . Yohannis who was threatened by Menilek's ambition for usurping the throne never hesitated to put the latter under strict scrutiny . Yohannis took ...
... Menilek , as it was intended to do and even put the kings at loggerheads with each other . Yohannis who was threatened by Menilek's ambition for usurping the throne never hesitated to put the latter under strict scrutiny . Yohannis took ...
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... Menilek to release the prisoners . Menilek was not spared a reprimand of his suzerain for taking a punitive measure against the king of Gojjam without even caring to notify the emperor.4 Yohannis conducted his relation with Menilek with ...
... Menilek to release the prisoners . Menilek was not spared a reprimand of his suzerain for taking a punitive measure against the king of Gojjam without even caring to notify the emperor.4 Yohannis conducted his relation with Menilek with ...
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... Menilek II ( 1889-1913 ) The death Yohannis at the battle of Mettema opened the way to the throne for Menilek's succession . Ras Araya Selassie , the only son of Emperor Yohannis and the son - in - law of Menilek , died without leaving ...
... Menilek II ( 1889-1913 ) The death Yohannis at the battle of Mettema opened the way to the throne for Menilek's succession . Ras Araya Selassie , the only son of Emperor Yohannis and the son - in - law of Menilek , died without leaving ...
Contents
The Price of Modernisation | |
Notes | |
Critical Stage of the Revolution | |
Major Political Developments of the Revolution | |
The Peoples Democratic Republic of Ethiopia | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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Abune Addis Ababa administrative regions Africa Aksumite Aksumite Kingdom Amharic anti-revolutionaries Armed Forces army Asmera associations cabinet campaign CELU Central Committee Chairman Mengistu Co-ordinating Committee Colonel Mengistu Commander commission congress COPWE Council of Ministers declaration defence Dejazmach delegation Democratic Dergue draft economic elected emperor EPLF EPRDF EPRP Eritrea Ethiopia Tikdem Ethiopian Government Ethiopian Herald Ethiopian Orthodox Church Ethiopian revolution execution foreign government’s Haile Selassie ibid Imperial implementation institutions issued Italian Italy king Labour land leadership London major Marxist-Leninist mass organisations Massawa MEISON Mengistu Haile Mariam Menilek military Ministry National Shengo nationalisation officers Ogaden participate Party of Ethiopia PDRE Peace Talks peasants People’s PMAC Politburo political POMOA President Prime Minister proclamation programme Provisional reform regime Revolutionary secessionists sector Shewa social socialist countries Somalia Sudan Teferri territorial Tesfaye Tewodros Tigray TPLF unity vanguard party villagisation Wollo workers Yohannis