Brief History of Ethiopia

Ethiopia is a country found in the mid-east of Africa. It is surrounded by several countries including Sudan, Somalia, Kenya and Eritrea. High amounts of rainfall in Ethiopia has resulted in the death and homelessness of thousands of people. Around 100 people have lost their lives in the past month in Ethiopia due to flash floods and landslides caused by their high rainfall, at least 20,000 have become homeless because of the same reason and even more have lost valuable cattle and crops. Ethiopia has a population of over 75 million and it has been rapidly increasing in the last 2 decades resulting in the construction of more and more buildings causing land for farming and cattle to be used up. The majority of

The first thing that strikes me about The Star of Ethiopia is the stark difference in structure and style. The structure itself does not revolve around a single person or character but rather of a peoples as a whole. The plot follows an entire race of people through history, and the urgency of the story is not lost, but rather it is amplified. Likewise, the style of the show requires a unification of collaboration to create a spectacle for show. DuBois gives a freedom to a production to make a production of his pageant specific to their wants in needs while also still ensuring that a truthful history is given. The theme of these two aspects is a collectivism that permeates the psychology and culture of people of color, which truly separates this show from the other theatre of the time. The collectivism that DuBois uses in The Star of Ethiopia is illustrated as a collective retelling the history of African Americans, but also sets in motion a redefining of what it means to be African American and how they

Did you ever visit Ethiopia and observed peoples’ life there? Life in Ethiopia is completely different from life in the USA. There are many difficulties in Ethiopia and some of them are poverty, education and health are some of the problems. Even though there are some problems in America they are not like the problems in Ethiopia.

Ghana, so named because of the West African Ghana Empire, home to the grand ethnic group Soninke. The Ghana Empire was in the area of Africa that is now Southeastern Mauritania and Western Mali. By the end of the sixteenth century, ethnic groups that made up Ghana have already settled into their current locations.

As mentioned earlier, the plan to take Djibouti would be put into effect in February of 1941. It was here that Nyasaland forces, apart of the East African Brigade would help in the fight to secure docks at Djibouti in order to help restart trading in Ethiopia’s trade centers. Earlier, troops had helped capture the town of Diredawa, which “had cut Djibouti off from most of its supplies.” With this capture, it allowed for the British Royal Navy to create a blockade around the ports and this led to Vichy French naval forces to surrender in under six weeks. The strength of the blockade included Nyasaland KAR troops from the 26 East African Brigade. With their surrender, it allowed for Wavell to negotiate with the French. At the same time, Wavell

The beginning of time has always played a major role in history. The beginning of time explains the reasons for each and every creature, plant, and unexplainable phenomena that have occurred on this earth. Chapter one of World History: A Topical Approach primarily explains to the reader the different arguments that people believe are true. There are many claims that scientist have found to be very true, but then there are others who believe in a phenomenon quite different. Some scientists date the beginning of existence as far as twenty billion years ago, but there are others who believe that the world is really not that old. Human existence has taken its toll upon many great researchers who have searched to understand human ancestry. It

The Rastafarian tradition was born in the early 1930s with the coronation of Haile Selassie I as emperor of Ethiopia. Although, not initially a religious movement, its religious future was prophesied by a western black political activist named Marcus Garvey when, in a newspaper article and after frequent correspondence with Selassie, he stated, "The Psalmist prophesied that Princes would come out of Egypt and Ethiopia would stretch forth her hands unto God. We have no doubt that the time is now come. Ethiopia is now stretching forth her hands." It is a religious tradition that is Afrocentric in its upbringing and focuses on defending and protecting the dignity of Africans and those of African ancestry. The religion itself holds many

Each culture across the world has a certain way of dressing. Each varies in their own

Frederick Wyneken was a German missionary who was working in Michigan and Ohio who first thought of the idea for Frankenmuth. A place for schools and churches for German immigrants was his idea for this place. However, he and his fellow German Immigrants didn’t have enough money to start such an idea. Therefore, in 1840 he wrote a letter to all the Lutherans in Germany for financial assistance and speaking of the hardships that the people where facing.

This piece is 18 inches tall, and it is made of wood, shells, grass and rawhide. It is worn by Gola or Vai people who live in Sierra Leone area during ceremonies when young girls are initiated into a women’s secret society called Sande.” During a ceremony, the appropriate costume to match this kind of mask is a black costume from head to foot. Compared to other masks found in Africa, this type of mask is quite unique because it is the only type of African mask reserved exclusively for women. This mask is deep

The interview with Belay Abebe provided a first person experience of what happened during the Ethiopian Red Terror. Throughout the interview, Abebe answered questions that provided insight on how Mengistu took control of the Ethiopian government, cruel things that Derg did to citizens, and personal encounters with the party themselves. Abebe stated that the Red Terror originally occurred because Derg had forcefully switched Ethiopia to a communist state, and in the process of doing so, they took away land and businesses away from the citizens. Because of this, many of the Ethiopian citizens started to peaceful protest against the government. Abebe states

"Bracelets and necklaces from silver and gold are worn on arms and feet to complete the look" (Wikipedia, 1). These clothing are still used everyday in the country-side, but in cities and towns, western clothes are popular; however, some people life to wear their traditional clothing on special occasions, like New Year, Christmas or weddings (Wikipedia, 1)."Often, a woman will cover her head with a shash, a cloth that is tied at the neck". "Shama and kuta, gauze-like white fabrics, are also often used" (Wikipedia, 1).

A century after the Mamluks defeated the Crusader kingdom of Jerusalem, Solomid Ethiopia was continuing the Christian Holy war in Sub Saharan Africa (von Sivers, Desnoyers, and Stow 412). Ethiopian soon controlled the Muslim sultanates of Ifat and its successor Adal (von Sivers, Desnoyers, and Stow 412). The ethiopian Kings tried to subdue the sultans however the Kings had little choice but to tolerate the sultans of Ifat and Adal as Muslim vassals which led to Ethiopia becoming a multiethnic, multilinguistic, and multireligious empire (von Sivers, Desnoyers, and Stow 412). The Kings did continue to emphasize Christian identity and adopted a Christianized version of Roman law known as the Law of Kings from Egyptian Copts in the mid 1400’s (von

Addis Ababa, a city filled with modern day shops to museums filled with an historyical Ethiopia objects.You can explore all. Addis Ababa in English means new flower, it's also called Finfinne by local Oromo population meaning natural springs. Addis Ababa is composed of many different ethnics groups, the two main ones are Oromo, and Amhara people which also means mostly those two languages dominate the city. 33.8 percent of the city speaks Oromo language compared to where 29.33 percent of the population speaks Amharic and about 6 percent of the population speaks

In the tenth and eleventh century, Muslim merchants started settling in the awash valley located in Eastern Africa. The Awash valley was a string of Muslim states that surrounded the southern and eastern borders of the Christian Ethiopian kingdom. At the time, there were six states: Ifat, Fatgar, Hadya, Dawara, and Adal. The Christian Ethiopian Kingdom had a natural barrier from these Muslim states, the Awash River, that runs straight through modern day Ethiopia (Shillington, 2005, p.111). Ifat was the ruler of the Muslim states but that did not last for long. In 1415, Ifats ruler, Sa’d ad-Dinn II, was killed in a rebellion against the Ethiopians. This rebellion was cause from Ethiopian expansion policies, which declared they had sole rights