In this episode, I speak with Beatrice Wayne about Ethiopian student movements of the 1960s, their engagement with leftist thought amid oppressive social and political conditions, and the complicated struggles for state control that followed.
Suggested Readings/Resources
Ethiopian Student Movement:
Bahru Zewde - The Quest for Socialist Utopia: The Ethiopian Student Movement c. 1960-1974 (2014)
https://www.amazon.com/Quest-Socialist-Utopia-Ethiopian-1960-1974/dp/1847011640
Randi Rønning Balsvik - Haile Sellassie’s Students: The Intellectual and Social Background to Revolution. 1952- 1977 (1984)
https://books.google.com/books/about/Haile_Sellassie_s_students.html?id=nZ8lAQAAIAAJ
Ethiopian Revolution and its diverse effects:
Gebru Tareke - The Ethiopian Revolution: War in the Horn of Africa (2009)
https://www.amazon.com/Ethiopian-Revolution-War-Horn-Africa/dp/0300204140
Donald L. Donham - Marxist Modern: An Ethnographic History of the Ethiopian Revolution (1999)
https://www.amazon.com/Marxist-Modern-Ethnographic-Ethiopian-Revolution/dp/0520213297
Amrit Wilson - The Challenge Road: Women and the Eritrean Revolution (1991)
https://www.amazon.com/Challenge-Road-Women-Eritrean-Revolution/dp/0932415717/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1518841852&sr=1-6&keywords=amrit+wilson
On student organizing across Africa more generally:
Leo Zeilig, editor - Revolt and Protest: Student Politics and Activism in Sub-Saharan Africa (2007)
https://www.amazon.com/Revolt-Protest-Politics-Sub-Saharan-International/dp/1780760434/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1518841914&sr=1-1&keywords=Revolt+and+Protest%3A+Student+Politics+and+Activism+in+Sub-Saharan+Africa
Oral history collection containing the reflections of former radical ESM students:
Zewde, Bahru Zewde, editor - Documenting the Ethiopian Student Movement: An Exercise in Oral History (2010)
https://www.amazon.com/Documenting-Ethiopian-Student-Movement-Exercise/dp/9994450336/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1518841950&sr=1-1&keywords=Documenting+the+Ethiopian+Student+Movement%3A+An+Exercise+in+Oral+History.
Beautifully written memoir of Hiwot Teffera, a woman who was deeply involved in the ESM, recounting her early involvement in the movement and following up through her incarceration:
Hiwot Teffera - Tower in the Sky (2012)
https://books.google.com/books/about/Tower_in_the_Sky.html?id=9mzinQEACAAJ
Learn more about Beatrice’s research here: https://sydney.academia.edu/BeatriceWayne
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Additional source added by Wendi for more information on the different student movements and political groups:
https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ethiopia/index.htm
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Pictured: Martha Mebrahtu, student activist, killed in 1972. For more information on Martha, please visit:
https://www.pambazuka.org/governance/martha-manifesto-ethiopian-womans-dream
and
http://abyotawi.blogspot.com/2016/03/womens-history-month-martha-mebrahtu.html
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Theme Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone
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