The Battle of Adwa: Reflections on Ethiopia's Historic Victory Against European ColonialismPaulos Milkias, Getachew Metaferia Algora Publishing, 2005 - 320 pages In the 19th-century OC Scramble for Africa, OCO when the Europeans carved up an entire continent for exploitation, Africans won a solitary, shocking, glorious victory at Adwa (Ethiopia). The most celebrated military operation involving the Africans and the Eur" |
Contents
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Chapter 3 Continuity and Discontinuity in Meneliks Foreign Policy | 89 |
Who Was Civilized and Who Was Savage? | 133 |
Ethiopian Titles | xi |
Table of Contents | xiii |
Preface | 1 |
Summary | 3 |
Introduction | 5 |
Prologue | 15 |
Chapter 1 Reflections on the Battle of Adwa and Its Significance for Today | 21 |
The Historic Victory of Ethiopia over European Colonialism | 37 |
A Bulwark against European Colonialism and its Role in the PanAfrican Movement | 181 |
as Illustrated by The Times of London for 1896 | 217 |
Chapter 7 Racist Discourse about Ethiopia and Ethiopians before and after the Battle of Adwa | 229 |
Chapter 8 Contemporary Ethiopia in the Context of the Battle of Adwa 1896 | 239 |
The Case of Adwa | 253 |
Amharic Version of the Wuchalé Treaty | 303 |
Contributors | 309 |
Bibliography | 313 |
Index | 317 |
The Battle of Adwa | iii |
The Battle of Adwa | v |
Chapter 3 Continuity and Discontinuity in Meneliks Foreign Policy | 89 |
Who Was Civilized and Who Was Savage? | 133 |
A Bulwark against European Colonialism and its Role in the PanAfrican Movement | 181 |
as Illustrated by The Times of London for 1896 | 217 |
Chapter 7 Racist Discourse about Ethiopia and Ethiopians before and after the Battle of Adwa | 229 |
Chapter 8 Contemporary Ethiopia in the Context of the Battle of Adwa 1896 | 239 |
The Case of Adwa | 253 |
Amharic Version of the Wuchalé Treaty | 303 |
Contributors | 309 |
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Abyssinia Addis Ababa Adigrat African Americans Amba Alaghe Amhara Antonelli arms Asmara Assab Baratieri Battle of Adwa Berkeley Black British century Christian civilized collective memory command country’s Crispi defeat Dejazmach Dervishes diaspora diplomatic Dogali Emperor Menelik Emperor of Ethiopia Emperor Yohannes Empress Taytu enemy Eritrea Ethi Ethiopian fighters Ethiopian forces Ethiopian history Ethiopian territory ethnic European colonial European powers fight foreign Gabre Gabre-Selassie Gojam Haile Selassie Harar Ibid independence internal Italian army Italian colonial Italian government Italy Italy’s King leaders Libro Verde XV London Mahdists March Massawa Mekele Meles Mereb Meshesha Mikael military modern opian oppression Oromo Pan-African movement Paulos peace peasants people’s political post-Adwa protectorate Ras Alula Ras Makonnen Ras Mengesha Ras Mengesha Yohannes Red Sea region Rome Rubenson rulers Sahati Scramble for Africa Showa soldiers struggle Tekle Tewodros Tigray Tigrayan Treaty of Wuchalé troops Umberto unity Wallaga Wallo Wuchalé Treaty Yohannes IV York Zewde
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