Bahru Zewde has updated the first edition, adding a new chapter and taking the history through to 1991. 'The new chapter enhances the value of the book as the best historical introduction to modern ...

Ethiopia February 11th, 1855. Tewodros II, once labeled as an outlaw in his country, he was now one of the greatest leaders of Ethiopia! Acting as an excellent strategist Tewodros II knew Ethiopia ...

You've probably heard about 'Lucy', the mother of mankind. She is estimated to have lived around 3.2 million years ago, and ...

He has been engaged in research on the social, political and economic history of modern Ethiopia since the mid-18th century. He has over fifty articles on various topics published in international ...

In 2014, Lucy Burns spoke to Dawit Giorgis, who was in charge of Ethiopia's internal relief effort during the crisis. Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those ...

With a population of 102.5 million, Ethiopia has a long history of hosting refugees. Today, there are more than 770,000 refugees in Ethiopia, mostly from South Sudan, Somalia and Sudan. The ...

Ethiopia, with its unparalleled history as the only African nation never ... This ancient practice of memorialization finds a modern parallel in the work of the Ethiopian art collective Yatreda ...

The official name of the only railway in Ethiopia is Compagnie du Chemin de Fer Franco-Ethiopien de Djibouti à Addis Ababa. Between magnificent modern stations at either end of the line stretch ...

The author does not ignore the more positive features of the occupation ... Bahru's work is the first history of modern Ethiopia to be written by an Ethiopian, and thus provides a new perspective.