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Eritrea and Ethiopia: The Federal Experience

Name: Eritrea and Ethiopia: The Federal Experience
Author: Tekeste Negash
ISBN: 9789171064066

by Tekeste Negash

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Overview

The Ethiopian-Eritrean federation, a product of a United Nations resolution, came into existence in 1952 and was abolished ten years later. The primary objective of this book is to examine the rise and the fall of the federation in the light of present-day realities. This central theme is placed in context by a reconstruction of Eritrean political organizations during the crucial postwar years. The work includes a short account of the war between Eritrean nationalist forces and the Ethiopian government, which lead up to the emergence of Eritrea as a sovereign state. Based primarily on archival sources at the Public Record Office in London, Eritrea and Ethiopia argues that no other group in the region has repeatedly succeeded in shaping its political destiny as the Tigreans of Eritrea have.

Synopsis

This book examines the rise and fall of the Ethio–Eritrean federation which existed from 1952 to 1962. The author argues that the federation was abolished by Eritrean social and political forces rather than by Ethiopia. The UN imposed federation and its constitution was doomed to fail, as these were foreign to Eritrean and Ethiopian conceptions of power.

About the Author, Tekeste Negash

Tekeste Negash is an Associate Professor of Modern History. Currently, he is engaged in an International Master’s course in African Studies at Dalarna University. He is also involved in planning another International Master’s course on Education, Development and Change in Africa.

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“Negash (Uppsala Univ.) has written the first study of the rise and fall of the Eritrean-Ethiopian federation… Negash discusses the call for federation by Eritrean parties on the eve of the 1950 UN resolution, aptly portraying the Unionist Party's campaign for unconditional Eritrean-Ethiopian union… Excellent documentation, bibliography, appendixes; good print, maps, illustrations. All levels.” —E. E. Beauregard, Choice