[PDF] The Ethiopian Student Movement In The Struggle Against Imperialism 1960 1974 eBook

Author : Bahru Zewde
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 47,9 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Education
ISBN : 1847010857

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In the second half of the 1960s and the early 1970s, the Ethiopian student movement emerged from rather innocuous beginnings to become the major opposition force against the imperial regime in Ethiopia, contributing perhaps more than any other factor to the eruption of the 1974 revolution, a revolution that brought about not only the end of the long reign of Emperor Haile Sellassie, but also a dynasty of exceptional longevity. The student movement would be of fundamental importance in the shaping of the future Ethiopia, instrumental in both its political and social development. Bahru Zewde, himself one of the students involved in the uprising, draws on interviews with former student leaders and activists, as well as documentary sources, to describe the steady radicalisation of the movement, characterised particularly after 1965 by annual demonstrations against the regime and culminating in the ascendancy of Marxism-Leninism by the early 1970s. Almost in tandem with the global student movement, the year 1969 marked the climax of student opposition to the imperial regime, both at home and abroad. It was also in that year that students broached what came to be famously known as the "national question", ultimately resulting in the adoption in 1971of the Leninist/Stalinist principle of self-determination up to and including secession. On the eve of the revolution, the student movement abroad split into two rival factions; a split that was ultimately to lead to the liquidation of both and the consolidation of military dictatorship as well as the emergence of the ethno-nationalist agenda as the only viable alternative to the military regime. Bahru Zewde is Emeritus Professor of History at Addis Ababa University and Vice President of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences. He has authored many books and articles, notably A History of Modern Ethiopia, 1855-1974 and Pioneers of Change in Ethiopia: The Reformist Intellectuals of the Early Twentieth Century. Finalist for the Bethwell A. Ogot Book Prize to the author of the best book on East African Studies, 2015. Ethiopia: Addis Ababa University Press (paperback)

Author : Bahru Zewde
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 44,88 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Education
ISBN : 9994450336

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Analyzes the role of intellectuals and students in Ethiopian state power before and after the Italian Occupation (1936-1941).

Author : Atsbha Gebreigziabher
Publisher : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 15,79 MB
Release : 2014-05
Category :
ISBN : 9783659542329

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The contribution of Ethiopian students in the struggle against the imperial regime remained understudied. This may be associated with two major factors: lack of enough original sources and scholars' failure to pay due attention to this issue. For this reason, this book attempts to fill this gap. It aims at examining the extent to which the students' determination and courage to pay any form of sacrifice for a better future of their communities. It has three chapters. The first chapter deals with the contribution of the 1960 coup d'etat in shaping the political consciousness of university students. The second chapter of this book discusses the genesis of the Ethiopian Students Movement (ESM) and its trends of development passing through different stages. The pre-1974 Revolution socio-economic and political situation in Tigray, the role of cultural association in the struggle and the formation of Tigrean University Students Association (TUSA) and its contribution to mobilize the people of Tigray to lead an armed struggle against the feudal regime are discussed in the third chapter. Therefore, this book is an important research work which helps readers to know more about the issue.

Author : Abebe Zegeye
Publisher : British Academic Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 15,51 MB
Release : 1994-12-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :

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The contributors examine ways in which the Ethiopian people can be involved in a more decentralized and democratic structure which will harness their resources, initiatives and capacities. This book will prove essential reading for all those with an interest in the transition to democratic forms of government in the developing world and in the future of Ethiopia in the post-Cold War era.