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Title: | Review of the literature on Ethiopian resistance with particular emphasis on Gojjam: 1936-1941 |
Author: | Seyoum, Seltene |
Year: | 2003 |
Periodical: | Journal of Ethiopian Studies (ISSN 0304-2243) |
Volume: | 36 |
Issue: | 2 |
Period: | December |
Pages: | 37-57 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | biblio. refs. |
Geographic terms: | Ethiopia Northeast Africa |
Subjects: | rebellions anticolonialism 1930-1939 1940-1949 bibliographies (form) History, Archaeology history military occupation revolutions Gojam Kifle Hager (Ethiopia) |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/41966147 |
Abstract: | The years 1936-1941 were full of crucial events that decided the fate of Ethiopia to either become an Italian colony or to remain an independent sovereign State. It was paradoxical that the Italians, who won the war of 1935/1936 as a result of better military preparations and the use of modern techniques of warfare, were not subsequently able to 'pacify' the people. Not deterred by the lack of any central government leadership at the national level, the Ethiopians rose up in arms and fought against enemy troops until the day of their liberation in 1941. But how and why this happened, the extent and magnitude of the struggle and the organizational basis of the resistance has been given less attention than it deserves. The present bibliographic essay discusses literature on this subject - including oral information and archival and library sources -, focusing on the anti-fascist struggle carried out by the people of Gojjam in northwestern Ethiopia. Notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract] |