News and articles about history and historical figures of Ethiopia. Find all the latest Articles and Stories about History of Ethiopia at Zehabesha.
Habesha The Habesha peoples, also known as “Abyssinians“, is the name given to three distinct ethnic groups and some minor ones inhabiting the Horn of Africa. They are the various related ethnic groups in the Eritrean Highlands and Ethiopian Highlands who speak languages belonging to the South Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family. Members’ cultural, linguistic, and in certain […]
SEMERE T. HABTEMARIAM Two Slave Brothers Birthed Africa’s Oldest State Church The two Christian missionaries that showed up in the ancient northeastern African empire of Axum in the fourth century could not have been more unlikely. Kidnapped while traveling with a relative, the two young brothers were brought as slaves to the royal family’s household.
The history of the Axum Empire and Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Read More »
December 19, 2012 The Amhara people are mostly agriculturist, one of the most culturally dominant and a powerful politically connected as well as Afro-Asiatic speaking ethnic group of ancient semitic origins inhabiting the northern and central highlands of Ethiopia, particularly the Amhara Region. The Amhara State shares common borders with the state of Tigray in
Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican-born Black nationalist and leader of the Pan-Africanism movement, which sought to unify and connect people of African descent worldwide. “Marcus Garvey was one of the greatest black leaders we ever had. He organized more black people than any other black leader in the world. Marcus Garvey said that black people
Africa, African Histor The Ethiopian Empire (Ge’ez: መንግሥተ ኢትዮጵያ, romanized: Mängəstä Ityop’p’ya, lit. ‘Government of Ethiopia’), also formerly known by the exonym Abyssinia (derived from the Arabic al-Habash), or just simply known as Ethiopia (/ˌiːθiˈoʊpiə/; Amharic and Tigrinya: ኢትዮጵያ ʾĪtyōṗṗyā, listen (help·info), Oromo: Itoophiyaa, Somali: Itoobiya, Afar: Itiyoophiyaa), was a monarchy that spanned a geographical area in the current states of Ethiopia and Eritrea. It began with the establishment of the Solomonic dynasty by Yekuno Amlak from approximately 1270 and lasted until 1974, when Emperor Haile Selassie was overthrown in a coup d’état by
CONTRIBUTED BY: BLACKPAST On May 25, 1963 the Organization for African Unity (OAU) was established with a permanent headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, was selected as the first President of the OAU. His acceptance speech appears below. This is indeed a momentous and historic day for Africa and for all Africans.
Revolt, Ideology and Mobilisation in Ethiopia Aregawi Berhe Amsterdam 2008 VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT First and foremost though, I am deeply grateful to my promotor Professor Jon Abbink forhis unreserved support and guidance throughout the research undertaking, which started as a book project. Under the hard life in exile, this study would have not come near completion
A Political History of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (1975-1991) Read More »
CUD leaders at Boston, USA (few months after pardon) A year after they got “pardoned” by the government – in connection to the infamous 2005 elections – a significant number of CUD (Coalition for Unity and Democracy) leaders and members decided to once again revive their commitment through restoring their party – they were allowed
February 28, 2008 / by contributed by: Ray Jonas In March, 1896, Ethiopian forces under the leadership of Emperor Menelik II surprised the world by defeating an Italian Army sent to conquer the Empire. In the following article Raymond Jonas, the Giovanni and Amne Costigan Professor of History at the University of Washington, explores that
By swissinfo, Katrin Holenstein A Swiss engineer who became foreign policy advisor to the emperor of Ethiopia is the subject of an exhibition at the Ethnographic Museum in Zurich. This content was published on June 1, 2004June 1, 20044 minutes Alfred Ilg emigrated to Ethiopia in 1879 and stayed there for 27 eventful years.
Life of a Swiss who engineered change in Ethiopia Read More »
