Adventures
in the Bone Trade: The Race to Discover Human Ancestors in Ethiopia's Afar
Depression
by Jon E. Kalb
African
Ark : People and Ancient Cultures of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa
by Carol Beckwith (Photographer), et al
Hardcover: 310 pages
Harry N Abrams; ISBN: 0810919028; (September 1990)
Aksum:
An African Civilization of Late Antiquity
by Stuart Munro-Hay
Hardcover: 294 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.00 x
9.75 x 6.50
Publisher: Edinburgh Univ Pr; ; (May 1991)
ISBN: 0748601066
Archaeology
at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993-7
by David W. Phillipson (Editor)
Book Description This two-volume work provides a detailed account
of five seasons' archaeological research at Aksum, which Dr. Phillipson
directed on behalf of the British Institute in Eastern Africa. Aksum was
the capital of a major state centered on the highlands of Northern Ethiopia/Eritrea,
which exercised a powerful influence on international trade during the
first seven centuries AD. Christianity was adopted in the 4th Century AD,
and Aksum played a vitally important role in the rise of Ethiopian civilization.
The research described is intended to provide a comprehensive view of ancient
Aksum, including aspects which had received little previous attention.
Dr. Phillipson and his colleagues describe royal tombs and commoner graves,
domestic economy and international trade, monumental architecture and farming
settlements, finely carved ivory and flaked stone tools. The chronological
framework is set in its Ethiopian, African and international context.
Hardcover: 538 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.75 x
11.75 x 8.25
Publisher: Society of Antiquaries of London; ; (December
15, 2001)
ISBN: 1872566138
Bibliography of the Earth Sciences for the Horn of Africa : Ethiopia,
Eritrea, Somalia and Djibouti, 1620-1993
by Jon E. Kalb
Listed under Earth Sciences
Churches
of Ethiopia: The Monastery of Narga Sellase
by Stanislas Chejnacki, Mario Di Salvo, Osvaldo Rainieri
Eating
the Flowers of Paradise : A Journey Through the Drug Fields of Ethiopia
and Yemen
by Kevin Rushby
The
Ethiopians: A History
by Richard Pankhurst
Paperback: 299 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.76 x
8.90 x 5.97
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers; ; (January 2001)
ISBN: 0631224939
My
Life and Ethiopia's Progress: The Autobiography of Emperor Haile Sellassie
I
by Emperor Haile Sellassie
Paperback: 337 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.77 x
7.02 x 5.00
Publisher: Research Associates School Times Publications;
; (May 18, 1999)
ISBN: 0948390409
Haile
Sellassie I: The Formative Years 1892-1936
by Harold G. Marcus
Book Description His role approximated Europe's absolutist rulers
of the transitional period between feudalism and capitalism. Like his Western
counterparts, Haile Sellassie introduced a standing army, a permanent bureaucracy,
new forms of taxation, uniform laws, and the mechanisms of a national economy.
He also came to control the landed aristocracy, whose authority he redefined
and whose functions he redirected to strengthen his increasingly centralized
state. The emperor supported his programs through more efficient exploitation
of the existing modes of agricultural production, in whose interstices
merchant capitalism grew in cooperation with the ruling elites. Even though
the Ethiopian absolutist social formation anticipated a more advanced method
of production, it contained elements of social organization that characterized
earlier centralized empires.
As had the Egyptian pharaoh, the Chinese emperor, and the Persian king
of kings, Haile Sellassie constructed a bureaucracy in which talent, skill,
achievement, and, above all, loyalty to the ruler counted more than ethnic
or social origins. The emperor's men ensured that the crown received a
continuous flow of resources to maintain the machinery of royal and bureaucratic
authority. Together with their patron, "they strove to concentrate in their
own hands, the main centers of power and control in the country"; they
codified and unified law, regularized revenue collection, and standardized
administrative practices. The bureaucrats also helped to portray the ruler
as the heir to ancient cultural traditions, whose importance would be strengthened
through his governance. The king and his men fostered belief in ancient
prescriptions through educational, cultural, and religious institutions.
Uninterested in any new and secular legitimation base his authority on
traditional or charismatic themes and on the mystification surrounding
the monarchy. As this study reveals, Haile Sellassie built a bureaucratic,
absolutist monarchy that related to the world capitalist economy. Yet,
however much such an abstraction helps us to understand the complexities
of a period of long personal rule, it would have meant little to the emperor
himself, involved as he was in the daily business of power and authority.
Haile Sellassie viewed himself as the embodiment of Ethiopia's proud sovereignty
and independence. His national vision derived from his early experiences
as heir of Ras Makonnen, a military ruler whose army kept order and whose
officers constituted an oligarchy that exploited a polyglot, non-Christian
population. Haile Sellassie naturally regarded this political order as
normal and in the best interests of Ethiopia's peoples. He governed, as
had his immediate predecessors, by acting as the country's balancer of
power, a method that worked well in a customary government that mediated
between the ruling classes and the masses. His limited Western education
directed him toward change, however, and he introduced modern institutions
whose functions he never clearly understood. He found them useful, however,
because they added to imperial power and to the authority of the central
government that acted in the emperor's name.
Haile Sellassie always worked behind the scenes, manipulating actors
and events to his advantage. His political goals were obvious, even if
his tactics were concealed. He was always involved, though always proclaiming
his innocence, his inaction, his isolation from events. He never admitted
his nature as a politician but posed as a tool of fate, ready to do God's
will or the will of the people. His apparent noninvolvement in politics
only underscores the obscurity in which he maneuvered; the emperor's deft
hand was invariably apparent in retrospect, and his careful planning became
as obvious a success. He was such a good actor, however , that even thoughtful
persons never understood the Haile Sellassie was able to educate a cadre
of "Young Ethiopians" to strengthen the central government, to transform
Addis Ababa, his ramshackle capital, into a leading city, and to begin
securing Ethiopia's frontiers from encroachment by adjacent colonial powers.
Ever jealous of his country's sovereignty and independence, the emperor
also directed Ethiopia's trade and other activities away from its traditional
European partners toward Japan and America, both of whom he believed supported
his country's independence. By so doing, he robbed France of a good economic
reason to protect Ethiopia from Italy; he alienated Great Britain; and
he permitted Italy to contemplate his nation's conquest.
Mussolini regarded Ethiopia's progress, especially after 1928, when
Haile Sellassie gained indisputable power, as potentially threatening Somalia
and Eritrea and as marking Italy's failure to transform the Solomonic Empire
into a roman colony. During 1930-1932, domestic political considerations
drove him to consider an attack on Ethiopia, and by 1934-1935, the European
situation permitted the aggression. By then, Ethiopia was without allies
and without the means to counter the Fascists. Haile Sellassie learned,
as would other leaders, that collective security was the opiate of small,
defenseless countries. Although the emperor would suffer defeat, despair,
and exile, he would return in 1941, as a phoenix, to restore the status
quo ante.
Paperback: 242 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.85 x
8.99 x 5.99
Publisher: Red Sea Pr; ; (March 1995)
ISBN: 1569020086
Beyond
the Throne: The Enduring Legacy of Emperor Haile Selassie I
by Indrias Getachew
Book Description Endorsed by the royal family, this is an intimate
look into the life of a man who was considered a tyrant by some and a messiah
by others. The descendent of a royal bloodline dating back to Biblical
times, the life of the emperor was as rich and epic as his heritage. This
book is a detailed look at man who stands as one of the prominent historical
figures of the twentieth century. The beautiful edition has never-before-seen
photographs of the emperor and showcases the work of one of a young new
Ethiopian writer and two of the world's top specialists in Ethiopian history.
Hardcover: 156 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.00 x
8.00 x 8.00
Publisher: Shama Books; ; (January 20, 2001)
ISBN: 1931253005
The
Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat
by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Translated by William R. Brand, and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand
Haile Selassie, His Most Puissant Majesty and Distinguished Highness
the Emperor of Ethiopia, enjoyed a 44-year reign until his own army gave
him the boot in 1974. In the days following the coup, the Polish journalist
Ryszard Kapuscinski traveled to Ethiopia and sought out members of the
imperial court for interviews.
His composite portrait of Selassie's crumbling imperium is an astonishing,
wildly funny creation, beginning with the very first interview. "It was
a small dog," recalls an anonymous functionary, "a Japanese breed. His
name was Lulu. He was allowed to sleep in the Emperor's great bed. During
various ceremonies, he would run away from the Emperor's lap and pee on
dignitaries' shoes. The august gentlemen were not allowed to flinch or
make the slightest gesture when they felt their feet getting wet. I had
to walk among the dignitaries and wipe the urine from their shoes with
a satin cloth. This was my job for ten years." (Well, it's a living.)
Elsewhere, the interviewees venture into tragic or grotesque or downright
unbelievable terrain. Kapuscinski has shaped their testimonies into an
eloquent whole, and while he never alludes to the totalitarian regime that
ruled his native Poland during the same period, the analogy is impossible
to ignore. Amazon.com
Paperback: ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.52 x 7.99 x 5.20
Publisher: Vintage Books; ; Reissue edition (April 1989)
ISBN: 0679722033
The
Coronation Of H.I.M. Emperor Haile Sellassie
Photographs and text of the inauguration of Ras Tafari to the Ethiopian
throne in 1930
Paperback: 39 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.15 x
8.40 x 10.90
Publisher: Frontline Distribution International Inc.;
; Illustrated edition (October 6, 1999)
ISBN: 0948390549
Haile
Selassie's War: Haile Selassie, Lion of Judah, Africa's Greatest Military
Leader
by Anthony Mockler
Book Description "Half-man, half-snake" was how the Emperor
Haile Selassie was described by one of his most ferocious rivals, the eunuch
Balcha, who had commanded the artillery at the battle of Adowa where the
first Italian invasion of Ethiopia was bloodily repulsed. Forty years later
the old Galla warrior was to die, machine-gun in hand, once again attempting,
this time without success to halt the Italian intruders.
Anthony Mocker's immensely readable epic history is divided into three
parts. First the scene is set in Ethiopia, still feudal, and in Italy,
newly fascist. The second part describes in compelling detail the Italian
invasion and the battles in the north: it ends with the invaders in undisputed
control of their new Roman Empire and with Haile Selassie living in apparently
hopeless exile near Bath.
The final section recounts how, following Italy's entry into World War
II, British Somali land was invaded and conquered and fears of a British
debacle spread all over East Africa. But then the tide of battle turned.
As Mussolini's dreams crumbled into dust and his armies into defeat, the
ex-Emperor, supported by the bold but amateurish troops of Orde Wingate's
Gideon Force, fought his way step by step back into full control of his
Empire, despite all the attempts to stop him by Italians, Ethiopians, and
even by his allies the British.
First published in 1984, this revised edition of Anthony Mockler's acclaimed
history contains a new foreword by the author. Praised as "a memorable
book" by John Keegan in the Sunday Times, Haile Selassie's War remains
an epic tale of colonial ambition, warfare, and heroism.
Paperback: 496 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.32 x
8.54 x 6.54
Publisher: Interlink Pub Group; ; (October 2002)
ISBN: 1566564735
The
Emperor's Clothes: A Personal Viewpoint on Politics and Administration
in the Imperial Ethiopian Government 1941-1974
by Gaitachew Bekele
Hardcover: 125 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.84 x
9.33 x 6.28
Publisher: Michigan State Univ Pr; ; (January 1998)
ISBN: 087013325X
The
Kebra Negast: The Lost Bible of Rastafarian Wisdom and Faith from Ethiopia
and Jamaica
edited by Gerald Hausman, introduction by Ziggy Marley
What did Jamaican reggae singer Bob
Marley and Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia have in common? A love
for the Kebra Negast, holy book of Ethiopian Christians and Jamaican Rastafarians.
Contemporary scholars date the Kebra Negast to the 14th century, but it
retells the stories of much earlier Biblical times, one very important
story in particular. According to the Kebra Negast, the Israelites' Ark
of the Covenant was spirited away to the ancient kingdom of Ethiopia by
wise King Solomon's own son, offspring of the union between Solomon and
the exotic Queen Makeda of Ethiopia (a.k.a. the Queen of Sheba). Gerald
Hausman, a consummate storyteller of native traditions, presents the core
narrative of the Kebra Negast, from Adam to the rise of the Ethiopian Solomonid
dynasty. On top of this, he injects his own encounters with Rastafarians
during his travels in Jamaica--dreadlocked Rastas as modern-day Samsons,
their unwavering faith in Jah, and a rare outsider's glimpse at the Nyabinghi
ceremony. The combination of ancient tale and modern belief give Hausman's
Kebra Negast the rich flavor of enduring truth. --Brian Bruya - Amazon.com
Hardcover: 203 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.75 x
8.60 x 5.70
Publisher: St. Martin's Press; ; (November 1997)
ISBN: 0312167938
Rastafari:
Roots and Ideology
by Barry Chevannes
Paperback: 298 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.81 x
8.58 x 5.57
Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr (Trade); ; (December 1994)
ISBN: 0815602960
Rasta:
Emperor Haile Sellassie and the Rastafarians
by Jah Ahkell
Paperback: 60 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.19 x
8.45 x 5.54
Publisher: Unknown; ; (October 12, 1999)
ISBN: 0948390018
Jimma
Abba Jifar : An Oromo Monarchy Ethiopia 1830-1932 With a Post-Script
by Herbert S. Lewis
Paperback: 180 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.50 x
8.50 x 5.25
Publisher: Red Sea Pr; (December 2001)
ISBN: 1569020892
Imagining
Ethiopia : Struggles for History and Identity in the Horn of Africa
by John Sorenson
Hardcover: 216 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.75 x
9.50 x 6.25
Publisher: Rutgers University Press; (September 1993)
ISBN: 0813519721
Yohannes
IV of Ethiopia
by Zewde Gabre-Sellassie
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Red Sea Pr; ; (August 2002)
ISBN: 1569020434
The
Life and Times of Menelik II: Ethiopia 1844-1913
by Harold G. Marcus
Hardcover: ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.25 x 9.25 x 6.25
Publisher: Red Sea Pr; ; Reprint edition (January 1995)
ISBN: 1569020094
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Sheba:
Searching for the Legendary Queen
by Nicholas Clapp
Hardcover: 320 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.28 x
8.58 x 5.85
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co; ; (April 2001)
ISBN: 0395952832
Surrender or Starve: Travels in Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Eritrea
by Robert D. Kaplan
Listed under Somalia
In
Search of King Solomon's Mines
by Tahir Shah
Synopsis King Solomon, the Bible's wisest king, also possessed extraordinary
wealth. He built a temple at Jerusalem that was said to be more fabulous
than any other landmark in the ancient world, heavily adorned with gold
from Ophir. The precise location of this legendary land has been one of
history's great unsolved mysteries. Long before Rider Haggard's classic
adventure novel "King Solomon's Mines" produced a fresh outbreak of gold
fever, explorers, scientists and theologians had scoured the world for
the source of the king's astonishing wealth. In this book, Tahir Shah takes
up the quest, using as his leads a mixture of texts including The Septuagint,
the earliest form of the Bible, as well as geological, geographical and
folkloric sources. Time and again the evidence points towards Ethiopia,
the ancient kingdom in the horn of Africa whose imperial family claims
descent from Menelik, the son born to Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Tahir
Shah's trail takes him to a remote cliff-face monastery where the monks
pull visitors up on a leather rope, to the ruined castles of Gondar, and
to the churches of Lalibela, hewn from solid rock. In the south, he discovers
an enormous illegal gold mine, itself like something out of the Old Testament,
where thousands of men, women and children dig with their hands. But the
hardest leg of the journey is to the accursed mountain of Tullu Wallel,
where legend says there lies an ancient shaft, once the entrance of King
Solomon's mines. Tahir Shah's account of his journey in search of the facts
behind the fiction is every bit as exciting as Rider Haggard's. Amazon.co.uk
Fire
in the Night : Wingate of Burma, Ethiopia, and Zion
Greater
Ethiopia : The Evolution of a Multiethnic Society
by Donald N. Levine
African
Ark : People and Ancient Cultures of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa
When
the World Began : Stories Collected from Ethiopia (Oxford Myths and Legends)
by Elizabeth Laird
Legacy
of Bitterness : Ethiopia and Fascist Italy, 1935-1941
by Alberto Sbacchi
Legacy of Bitterness: Ethiopia and Fascist Italy 1935-91 is an important
study of the relationship between Ethiopia and Fascist Italy during the
1930s. Italy's colonial ambitions in Ethiopia and the gallant resistance
of the Ethiopians led to global segmentation of world opinion. The legacy
of bitterness in Italo-Ethiopian relations to which the title refers stems
from the fact that the Italians, besides using poison gas during the invasion
of Ethiopia, continued to commit atrocities against the colonial people
during their five year presence in Ethiopia. In the anti-colonial resistance
of the Ethiopians to Fascist rule, moreover, the Ethiopian nobility was
conspicuously absent, focused as it was on its own self-preservation. In
spite of a lack of leadership and coordination, however, the Ethiopians
patriots delayed Italian demographic colonization and drained the Italian
economy by keeping Ethiopia in a state of continuous warfare. The emergent
Black nationalism of that period capitalized on the precarious internal
situation of Ethiopia to win world public opinion and support in preventing
the recognition of the Italian Empire. Italy's atrocities, including the
use of banned poison gas, posed a dilemma that had to be addressed by the
Western powers. The international community, for political reasons and
military considerations - primarily the containment/appeasement of Nazi
Germany - proceeded to eliminate the economic sanctions against Italy which
had been imposed by the League of Nations, after two years of debate, acknowledged
the (illegal) acquisition of Ethiopia by Italy. Thus was Ethiopia sacrificed
for the security of Europe. The author, a renowned authority on the subject,
has skillfully provided a broad perspective on the Italo-Ethiopian war
global terms. His study looks at the response to the war by emergent black
nationalism in the Diaspora, and Ethiopia's bitter struggle to tip the
balance of world opinion in its favor. The Publisher
Paperback: 390 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.43 x
9.03 x 6.04
Publisher: Red Sea Pr; (June 1997)
ISBN: 0932415741
Ethiopia
(Cultures of the World)
The
Beta Israel in Ethiopia and Israel : Studies on Ethiopian Jews
Ethiopia
and the Middle East
by Haggai Erlich, Hagai Erlikh
Hardcover: 227 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.75 x 9.50 x 6.50
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers; (September 1994)
ISBN: 1555875203
The
Autobiography of Emperor Haile Sellassie I : King of Kings of All Ethiopia
and Lord of All Lords
A
History of Ethiopia: Updated Edition
by Harold G. Marcus
Paperback: 394 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.85 x
8.96 x 6.06
Publisher: University of California Press; ; Updated
edition (January 7, 2002)
ISBN: 0520224795
The Holy Piby
by Shepherd Robert Athlyi Rogers, et al
Paperback: 103 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.25 x
8.39 x 5.39
Frontline Books/Research Associates; ISBN: 0948390638;
(April 20, 2000)
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The Queen of Sheba & Her Only Son Menyelek a/k/a The Kebra Nagast
by E. A. Wallis Budge
Book Description The story of the Queen of Sheba and her only
son Menyelek. In this ancient Ethiopian scriptural text, the story of how
the Ark Of The Covenant was taken from Jerusalem to Ethiopia by Menyelek,
the son of King Solomon of Israel and Queen Makeda of Ethiopia, is revealed
and interpreted...
Paperback: 256 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.51 x
8.40 x 5.42
Publisher: Research Associates School Times Publications;
; (July 31, 2000)
ISBN: 0948390425
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Hath... The Lion Prevailed...?
by John Moodie
Paperback: 40 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.16 x
8.45 x 5.53
Publisher: Frontline Distribution International Inc.;
; (October 12, 1999)
ISBN: 0948390441
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