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Ras Alula and the Scramble for Africa: A Political Biography : Ethiopia & Eritrea 1875-1897

By Haggai Erlich

Book information

Publisher
Red Sea Pr
Year
1996
ISBN
1569020299, 9781569020296
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12408753 bytes)
Edition
New ed.
Pages
223\242
Time added
2023-04-23 12:34:10

Description

Ras Alula was one of the big men or Telek Saw who played a prominent role in the making of modern Ethiopia. He was famous enough to be lamented by a British historian as, "the greatest leader that abyssinia has produced since the death of the emperor Theodore in 1868." As remembered by the Ethiopians and reflected in their literature, "The famous and brave Ras Alula."

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