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| Title: | Ya-Ingiliz Gize or British Paramountcy in Dire Dawa (Ethiopia), 1941-1946: Notes Toward a History |
| Author: | Getahun Mesfin Haile |
| Year: | 2002 |
| Periodical: | Northeast African Studies |
| Volume: | 9 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pages: | 47-82 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic terms: | Ethiopia Great Britain |
| Subjects: | colonial administration World War II History and Exploration international relations |
| External link: | http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/northeast_african_studies/v009/9.2haile.pdf |
| Abstract: | In a lightning campaign in 1940-1941 the British liberated Ethiopia from Italian rule. On 29 March 1941, the British found themselves in control of the eastern town of Dire Dawa. From 31 January 1942 onward, the Ethiopian government assumed full authority, except over those parts that continued to be part of the British-administered reserved areas in Ethiopia.'Yä-Ingiliz gizé' ('the time of the English') in Dire Dawa was to last until the final British withdrawal from the town on 31 July 1946. This paper examines the British administration in Dire Dawa during this period and shows that a large part of the administrative work dealt with the maintenance of law and order, in which context attention is also paid to the British police force in the town. The other activity that took up much of the time of the administration was the organization and running of transport services. An examination of local reactions to the British presence in Dire Dawa shows that many Dire Dawans considered the British 'liberators' no less racist than their former Italian masters. Notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract] |
