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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777546503321

Titolo

The Battle of Adwa [[electronic resource] ] : reflections on Ethiopia's historic victory against European Colonialism / / edited by Paulos Milkias & Getachew Metaferia ; contributors, Richard Pankhurst ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Algora Pub., c2005

ISBN

1-281-39574-9

9786611395742

0-87586-415-5

0-87586-414-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MilkiasPaulos

Getachew Metaferia

PankhurstRichard

Disciplina

963/.043

Soggetti

Adwa, Battle of, Adwa, Ethiopia, 1896

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-316) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Reflections on the Battle of Adwa and its significance for today / Theodore M. Vestal -- The Battle of Adwa: the historic victory of Ethiopia over European colonialism / Paulos Milkias -- Continuity and discontinuity in Menelik's foreign policy / Dedjazmatch Zewde Gabre-Selassie -- Adwa 1896: Who was civilized and who was savage? / Negussay Ayele -- Ethiopia: a bulwark against European colonialism and its role in the Pan-African movement / Getachew Metaferia -- British reactions to the Battle of Adwa: as illustrated by the times of London for 1896 / Richard Pankhurst -- Racist discourse about Ethiopia and Ethiopians before and after The Battle of Adwa / Harold G. Marcus -- Contemporary Ethiopia in the context of the Battle of Adwa, 1896 / Mesfin Araya -- Ethiopian history and critical theory: The case of Adwa / Maimire Mennasemay.

Sommario/riassunto

In the 19th-century "Scramble for Africa," 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