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Title: | Eritrea in retrospect: an excerpt from the memoirs of Fitawrari Mika'el Hasama Rakka |
Author: | Tafla, Bairu |
Year: | 2005 |
Periodical: | Africa: rivista trimestrale di studi e documentazione |
Volume: | 60 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 1-64 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Ethiopia Eritrea |
Subjects: | political history diaries (form) |
About person: | Fitawrari Mika'el |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/40761781 |
Abstract: | This article presents excerpts from the memoirs of Fitawrari Mika'el, a lifelong civil servant of the Ethiopian government, who was born in Mihlab, Eritrea, in 1920. His active office ended in 1975 and in 1977, due to the prevailing political circumstances at the time, he was forced to leave Eritrea clandestinely. In 1980 he settled in Norway, where he wrote at least two books, including 'Zanta Eritra' (History of Eritrea) shortly before his death in 1987. History as he understood it, was a chronicle of events. The work is a mixture of pedigree tracing, historical narratives, exhortations and personal reminiscences. The interesting part of the work is the retrospective view of Fitawrari Mika'el's political life combined with a critical examination of the recent past. The excerpts presented in the article include Part 5, on political movements, and Part 6, on the Eritrean-Ethiopian Federation. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in French and Italian. [ASC Leiden abstract] |