Ethiopian women played a crucial role in the Second Ethiopian-Italian War as freedom fighters, making significant contributions to the conflict.

Ras Al Turner As we celebrate Liberation Day 2024, it is past time to remember and accentuate the heroism of the Ethiopian Women Freedom Fighters who played a significant role in the

May 29, 2024

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Exploring Kenya’s State Visit to the US: A Look Back at Historical Ties Since Haile Selassie’s 1960s Visit

Let us remember: A Look Back Haile Selassie’s Historic Visit to the United States in the 1960s Reflecting on Kenya’s State visit to the United States this week, we recall Haile Selassie’s

May 24, 2024

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Remembering the Forgotten: Black Women’s Role in the Italo-Ethiopian War

Maaza Mengiste on Gender, Warfare, and Women’s Bodies By Maaza Mengiste I have in my possession a photograph of a young Ethiopian girl whom I have named Hirut. She is a teenager,

May 14, 2024

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The Rich History of Christianity in Ethiopia: A Look at One of the Oldest Christian Nations

Daniel Esparza Ethiopia’s religious beliefs can be considered to have existed before the introduction of Christianity in Europe, albeit only by a few years. The story ofEthiopia, situated in the Horn of

April 28, 2024

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The Ethiopian Student Movement: A Rejoinder to Bahru Zewde’s The Quest for Socialist Utopia

Messay Kebede University of Dayton, mkebede1@udayton.edu Kebede, Messay, “The Ethiopian Student Movement: A Rejoinder to Bahru Zewde’s The Quest for Socialist Utopia” (2015). Philosophy Faculty Publications. 44. This Article is brought to

April 12, 2024

ANALYSIS & OPINION·History

Part I: Testimonials about the Ethiopian Student Movement

Tesfatsion Medhanie Ph.D. and Paulos Milkias Ph.D. Introduction Assuming that the majority of our readers are Ethiopia’s Gen X and Millennials, the two of us, Tesfatsion Medhanie and Paulos Milkias, who passed

April 11, 2024

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A 19th century engraving of the body of Ethiopia's Emperor Tewodros II

A 156-Year-Old Mystery: The Quest for Emperor Tewodros II’s Stolen Clothes in Manchester

By Gemma Sherlock, BBC News An historian is currently investigating the mystery surrounding the disappearance of an African emperor’s stolen garments 156 years ago, with suspicions that they may have ended up

April 3, 2024

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አእምሮ – The First Newspaper in Ethiopia in Amharic

Juan Viedma Martinez Dr. at Law and Economist. MBA አእምሮ Newspaper was established during Emperor Menelik’s time. The first ever issue was distributed in and around 1889 and was written in the

September 22, 2023

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Open Letter to UNESCO to pressure the Ethiopian Government to stop firing heavy weapons from the world heritage site in Lalibela.

Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes @YirgaGelaw Today, a friend in #Lalibela directly called me to alert the world about heavy artillery firing in the town. I have now spoken to multiple residents about what

September 21, 2023

History·Open Letter

THE VATICAN’S COMPLICITY WITH THE FASCISTS

By Kidane Alemayehu (from my manuscript፡ “MY JOURNEY WITH THE UNITED NATIONS AND QUEST FOR HORN OF AFRICAN UNITY AND JUSTICE FOR ETHIOPIA”) The Trigger My concern with the Fascist war

September 18, 2023

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Rastafarians with Selassie’s reported death in 1975

The following was written by Charles A. Price of Temple University in the United States for The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. The

July 23, 2023

History

Prince Alemayehu: Buckingham Palace rejects calls to return royal’s body

By Jibat Tamirat & Cecilia Macaulay BBC News Buckingham Palace has declined a request to return the remains of an Ethiopian prince who came to be buried at Windsor Castle in the

May 22, 2023

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