Yohannes IV was Ethiopia’s emperor from 1872 to1889. He succeeded to the Ethiopian throne on 21 January 1872 four years after the death of Emperor Thewodros. Like his predecessor Yohannes IV was a strong, progressive ruler, but he had toማንበብ ይቀጥሉ…
Emperor Menelik’s gift to Léon Chefneux sold for $52,000
Emperor Menelik’s first claim to international reputation occurred in 1896 when his army scored a decisive victory against invading Italian forces, marking the first time that an African country had defeated a European colonial power. As the Ethiopian historian Bahruማንበብ ይቀጥሉ…
Open marketplace in Addis Ababa – archive pictures from 1930
After Addis Ababa become the capital city of Ethiopia in 1886, traders stated to march to the city as far as the Arabians for trade activities. People from all corners of the country used to go to these market placesማንበብ ይቀጥሉ…
Postage stamps and postal history of Ethiopia – pictures from 1898-1915
Ethiopia, having a long history of written communications, messages were originally carried by individuals called méléktegnas, who held the letters attached to a stick and move from places to places taking messages. The modern postal service started in Ethiopia inማንበብ ይቀጥሉ…
Addis Ababa – The 1963 OAU submit
Addis Ababa’s symbolic importance lies in the fact that, It was the last African city to fall to foreign armies (with the complicity of the League of Nations), and its occupation lasted the least amount of time. The diplomatic battleማንበብ ይቀጥሉ…
Yeneta የኔታ (the teacher)
The tradition of ecclesiastic scholarship since the fifth century – Yeneta የኔታ (the teacher) Ethiopia has a short history of European school system as compared to thousands years of traditional education that script the foundations of its civilization. Ethiopia isማንበብ ይቀጥሉ…
The Prison of Asinara Island, Italy
The Prison of Asinara Island, Italy – were our Princess Romanework died in the hands of the Fascist in 1940 During the First World War, the Asinara Island was used as a prison camp for some 24,000 Austrian and Hungarianማንበብ ይቀጥሉ…