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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... Ethiopian Orthodox Church 183 Revolutionaries Compete for Power 184 Restructuring of the Dergue 186 Internal and External Threats 193 Socialist Countries Express Solidarity and Support 204 Control of the People's Office for Mass ...
... Ethiopian Orthodox Church 183 Revolutionaries Compete for Power 184 Restructuring of the Dergue 186 Internal and External Threats 193 Socialist Countries Express Solidarity and Support 204 Control of the People's Office for Mass ...
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... Ethiopian Oppressed People's Movement. The highest ecclesiastical office held by an Ethiopian cleric before the Ethiopian Orthodox Church acquired the status of autocephalous. Amharic acronym for Union of Marxist Leninist—Organisations of ...
... Ethiopian Oppressed People's Movement. The highest ecclesiastical office held by an Ethiopian cleric before the Ethiopian Orthodox Church acquired the status of autocephalous. Amharic acronym for Union of Marxist Leninist—Organisations of ...
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... Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Socialism. Urban dwellers' association; a municipal ward; a village. A unit of rural land measurement. Poetry. Mayor. A honorific title reserved for a male offspring of the nobility. Amharic acronym for one of ...
... Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Socialism. Urban dwellers' association; a municipal ward; a village. A unit of rural land measurement. Poetry. Mayor. A honorific title reserved for a male offspring of the nobility. Amharic acronym for one of ...
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... Church. The relationship served the mutual interests of both. The monarchy used the Church to legitimatise its rule ... Ethiopian Orthodox Church, gave formidable impetus to spreading the Monophysite Faith. Relations with Alexandria were much ...
... Church. The relationship served the mutual interests of both. The monarchy used the Church to legitimatise its rule ... Ethiopian Orthodox Church, gave formidable impetus to spreading the Monophysite Faith. Relations with Alexandria were much ...
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From a Monarchical Autocracy to a Military Oligarchy Teferra Haile-Selassie. Church was not autocephalous; it depended on Egypt for an ordination of an Abune (an Egyptian prelate), the head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Church music ...
From a Monarchical Autocracy to a Military Oligarchy Teferra Haile-Selassie. Church was not autocephalous; it depended on Egypt for an ordination of an Abune (an Egyptian prelate), the head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Church music ...
Contents
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Chapter 2 The Price of Modernisation | 54 |
Chapter 3 From an Absolute Monarchy to a Military Dictatorship | 86 |
Chapter 4 Critical Stage of the Revolution | 147 |
Chapter 5 Major Political Developments of the Revolution | 229 |
Chapter 6 The Peoples Democratic Republic of Ethiopia | 274 |
Bibliography | 331 |
Index | 339 |
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Abune Addis Ababa Aksumite Aksumite Kingdom Amharic Armed Forces army Asmera associations benefit cabinet campaign CELU Central Committee Chairman Mengistu Co-ordinating Committee Commander commission conflict congress COPWE Council of Ministers declaration defence defined delegation Dergue Dergue’s draft economic elected emperor EPLF EPRDF EPRP Eritrea Ethiopia Tikdem Ethiopian Government Ethiopian Herald Ethiopian Orthodox Church Ethiopian revolution execution financial first foreign government’s Haile Selassie ibid Imperial implementation influence institutions issued Italian Italy king Labour land leadership London major Marxist-Leninist mass organisations Massawa MEISON Mengistu Haile Mariam Menilek ment military Ministry National Shengo nationalisation office officers officials Ogaden participate Party of Ethiopia PDRE Peace Talks peasants People’s Democratic PMAC Politburo political POMOA President Prime Minister Proclamation programme reform regime Revolutionary sector Shewa significant social socialist countries Somalia Sudan Teferri territorial Tesfaye Tewodros Tigray TPLF unity vanguard party Wollo workers Yohannis