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Oct 18 2021January 27, 2023

Haile Selassie, last emperor of Ethiopia and architect of modern Africa

History / October 18, 2021 January 27, 2023 / 10 minutes of reading

The last emperor of the 3,000-year-old Ethiopian monarchy was an accomplished politician for the modern age, as well as being revered as a living god, says Nige Tassell October 18, 2021 Armed with a thick …

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Jun 10 2021June 10, 2022

A brief history of modern Sudan and South Sudan

History / June 10, 2021 June 10, 2022 / 7 minutes of reading

South Sudan, the world’s newest nation, was once a sizeable part of Sudan, the country to its north. The conflicts between what is now Sudan and South Sudan are often understood through their historical roots: …

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Feb 25 2021March 28, 2021

The Beauty of the Battle of Adwa

Analysis & Opinion, History / February 25, 2021 March 28, 2021 / 11 minutes of reading

Tsegaye Tegenu, PhD 2021-02-25 Beauty is interpreted differently. Often it refers to physical characteristics that provides pleasure to senses. From this perspective, war is ugly because it causes death, injuries, and destruction. If we see …

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Feb 19 2021May 17, 2022

The Addis Ababa Massacre of February 19, 1937*

History / February 19, 2021 May 17, 2022 / 3 minutes of reading

This Date in Black History: Ethiopia (By A. Alemayehu) Long before the resistance of Palestinians against Israeli occupation, even longer than the resistance of the French against Nazi occupation, Ethiopians have led a successful resistance …

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Feb 16 2021February 21, 2021

Ethiopia and Socialist Theory: The Blood on the Wall

History, Politics / February 16, 2021 February 21, 2021 / EthiopiaEthiopian revolution 1974 / 41 minutes of reading

Ethiopia and Socialist Theory Mike Harman Apr 10 2018 Ken Tarbuck was a member of several different Trotskyist groups in the until the early 1970s. He went to Ethiopia to work as a university lecturer …

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Feb 11 2021May 17, 2022

EPRP vs. Meison, 1978

History, Politics / February 11, 2021 May 17, 2022 / 11 minutes of reading

April 23, 2016 Below I am pleased to reprint an editorial from Abyot, the English-language publication of the Study, Publication and Information Center of the Foreign Committee of the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Party, from the February–March 1978 …

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Feb 8 2021February 14, 2021

Adwa Victory Celebrations 2021

History / February 8, 2021 February 14, 2021 / 3 minutes of reading

February 8, 2021 by Tsehafi Taezaz The 5th Annual RasTafari Nation march celebrating the 124th Anniversary of the Victory at Adwa was convened on 2 March 2020 in Cape Town, Menelik Square (Keizersgracht Parking lot). …

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Feb 8 2021February 11, 2021

List of Ethiopian Kings | Haile Selassie I lineage

History / February 8, 2021 February 11, 2021 / 14 minutes of reading

February 22, 2020 by Tsehafi Taezaz List of Ethiopian Kings by H.I.H. Tafari Makonnen, June 19, 1922 Published in: “In The Country of The Blue Nile” by C.F. Rey, F.R.G.S., Commander of the Order of the Star of …

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Jan 23 2021January 23, 2021

The untold story of the Ethiopian king who built the incredible rock-hewn churches in Lalibela

History / January 23, 2021 January 23, 2021 / 3 minutes of reading

MILDRED EUROPA TAYLOR Head of Content Stacked in the heart of Lalibela, a town in northern Ethiopia previously known as Roha, are 11 spectacular medieval churches that were carved from a single volcanic rock some 900 …

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Jan 11 2021September 24, 2021

NEW VERSION documentary Ethiopian crown, with English subtitles.

Art & Culture, History, News / January 11, 2021 September 24, 2021 / 1 minute of reading

NEW VERSION documentary Ethiopian crown, with English subtitles. NEW VERSION documentary Ethiopian crown, with English subtitles.

Jan 7 2021May 17, 2022

Italian pasta company apologises for ‘fascist’ rigatoni named after former colony Ethiopia

History, News / January 7, 2021 May 17, 2022 / 3 minutes of reading

Nick Squires January 6, 2021 A leading Italian pasta maker has apologised for naming one of its products after Ethiopia, raking up memories of the country’s inglorious colonial past in the Horn of Africa country. …

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Dec 25 2020December 25, 2020

Lalibela: 11 churches, each sculpted out of a single block of stone 800 years ago

History / December 25, 2020 December 25, 2020 / 9 minutes of reading

In the northern highlands of Ethiopia stand 11 churches that the Ethiopian Orthodox Church says were built by angels. This Christmas season brings fresh hope with vaccines rolling out and a new year dawning. It …

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