Commemorating a victory for Ethiopianism and Pan Africanism

Abstract

March 2021 marked the 125th anniversary of the Battle of Adwa – the greatest defeat suffered by a European power in Africa in the 19th century (Hallett, 1974: 125). Understandably, though regrettably, this crushing defeat of a colonial force by an African army is not widely known or acknowledged outside the continent. The Ethiopian Embassy in South Africa commemorated the Battle of Adwa with a series of lectures. IFAA respectfully thanks the Ethiopian Embassy for permission to reprint one such presentation below.