Understanding Contemporary Ethiopia: Monarchy, Revolution and the Legacy of Meles Zenawi

by Gérard Prunier, Eloi Ficquet, Gérard Prunier

When we think of Ethiopia we tend to think in cliches: Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, the Falasha Jews, the epic reign of Emperor Haile Selassie, the Communist Revolution, famine and civil war. Among the countries of Africa it has a high profile yet is poorly known. How- ever all cliches contain within them a kernel of truth, and occlude much more. Today's Ethiopia (and its painfully liberated sister state of Eritrea) are largely obscured by these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849042616
• ISBN13: 9781849042611
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Hurst & Co.
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"