Peasant Revolution in Ethiopia
Author | : John Young |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2006-04-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 0521026067 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780521026062 |
Rating | : 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Download or read book Peasant Revolution in Ethiopia written by John Young and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-04-20 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost unnoticed, in the wake of the overthrow of Emperor Haile-Selassie, the coming to power of the military, and the ongoing independence struggle in Eritrea, a band of students launched an insurrection from the northern Ethiopian province of Tigray. Calling themselves the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), they built close relations with Tigray's poverty-stricken peasants and on this basis liberated the province in 1989, and formed an ethnic-based coalition of opposition forces that assumed state power in 1991. This book chronicles that history and focuses in particular on the relationship of the revolutionaries with Ethiopia's peasants.