Heres a very interesting article about Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II. In 1880, at the time when he was claiming the throne against Mangasha, Menelek signed at Wuchale in Wollo province (Uccialli in the Italian version), a treaty with Italy acknowledging the establishment of the new Italian Colony of Eritrea with its seat at Asmara. This colony had previously been part of the northern Tigrean territories from which Ras Mangasha had generated support, and the establishment of the Italian colony weakend the Ras. However, it was soon found that the Italian version of one of the articles of the treaty placed the Ethiopian Empire under Italian domination, while the Amharic version did not. Menelik denounced it, and after negotiations failed, abrogated it, leading Italy to declare war and invade from Eritrea. After defeating the Italians at Amba-Alagi and Mekele, he inflicted an even greater defeat on them, in the battle of Adowa on March 1, 1896, forcing them to capitulate. A treaty was signed recognizing the absolute independence of Ethiopia. Learn more about African History and African-American History at TheAfricanHistoryNetwork. Listen to The African History Network Show with host Michael Imhotep, every Thurs, 8pm-11pm EST at blogtalkradio/theafricanhistorynetworkshow or TheAfricanHistoryNetwork by phone, when we are LIVE at (914) 338-1375. Episodes are also archived on Itunes.
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 06:35:40 +0000
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