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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... Shewa and Gojjam. However, Ras Ali the Great, the founder of the Yeju nobility, snatched the regency from Ras Michael Seul of Tigray. His dynasty retained the guardianship of the king of kings and the govemorship of Begemidir until the ...
... Shewa and Gojjam. However, Ras Ali the Great, the founder of the Yeju nobility, snatched the regency from Ras Michael Seul of Tigray. His dynasty retained the guardianship of the king of kings and the govemorship of Begemidir until the ...
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... Shewa, Haile Melekot, whose kingdom enjoyed independence during the Zemene Mesafint. Kassa consoli— dated his power and exercised his authority over the subdued regions by appointing his trusted followers as governors. He also secured ...
... Shewa, Haile Melekot, whose kingdom enjoyed independence during the Zemene Mesafint. Kassa consoli— dated his power and exercised his authority over the subdued regions by appointing his trusted followers as governors. He also secured ...
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... Shewa, the only remaining regional power of any consequence. In the spring of 1855, Haile Melkot king of Shewa, died of natural causes just before the opening of the battle. His army, after putting up some resistance, was defeated and Shewa ...
... Shewa, the only remaining regional power of any consequence. In the spring of 1855, Haile Melkot king of Shewa, died of natural causes just before the opening of the battle. His army, after putting up some resistance, was defeated and Shewa ...
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... 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 Giorgis ...
... 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 Giorgis ...
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Contents
1 | |
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