Ethiopia

The Ethiopians Who Changed Rome

A community of Ethiopian monk-scholars in Renaissance Rome brought their learning, language and liturgy into the heart of the Roman Church.

Born in Babylon

The spread of Rastafari carried pan-African ideals from rural Jamaica to the world. From its origins in 1930s Kingston, it has espoused a striking message: Africa yes, England no. 

Crimes in Africa

Italy’s imperial record of murder and looting, fire and devastation in Ethiopia.

Dissonant Horn

Ethiopia’s current crisis is rooted in a long history of regional and ethnic defiance towards the political centre. 

The Addis Ababa Massacre

Italy's conquest of Addis Ababa was hailed an imperial triumph by Mussolini, though most Ethiopians had only bows and arrows with which to defend themselves. 

Of Saints and Kings

Walatta Petros was a woman feared even by kings. Wendy Laura Belcher tells the story of the Ethiopian saint, her relationships with centuries of monarchs and the stories of the miracles she performed.

In the Court of Haile Selassie

Oriental despot or martyr to fascism? Three very different writers reported on the court of Haile Selassie over his reign, producing contrasting accounts of Ethiopia’s emperor.