Menelik II and Hailé Selassié I

the Ethiopian fight for the conservation of independence

Authors

  • Alessandro Martins Gomes

Keywords:

Africa, Menelik II, Hailé Selassié I, Imperialist race in Africa, Ethiopia

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze the path taken by nationalist movements and liberation struggles in the search for the construction of states in Africa, with an emphasis on the case of Ethiopia. The research is a bibliographical review based on important works on the history of Africa. The relevance of the research lies in the importance of having a more unbiased, less prejudiced and more in-depth view of African history, along with many prejudices that have been created from this history. The research is divided into four moments. In a first moment, we will analyze the reign of Menelik II and the imperialist race to Africa, through the sharing of Africa and the Ethiopia / Liberia cases. In a second moment, we shall examine the treaty of Addis Ababa and the annulment of the Treaty of Wuchale, concerning the complex question of the two versions of this last treaty and of the divergence of its interpretation between the American and Italian languages. In a third moment, we will analyze the reign of Haile Sellasie I, the successor of Menelik II, in the search for the modernization of Ethiopia. To conclude this research, we will conclude with a position on the liberation struggles that Ethiopia has experienced and its resistance to European colonialism. In this way, Africa is a society like all the others, and therefore, it is not static, and that still walks a road in construction not yet fully consolidated.

Author Biography

Alessandro Martins Gomes

Doutorando em Estudos Clássicos: Mundo Antigo na Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal. Mestre em Teologia nas Faculdades EST. Especialista em História Antiga e Medieval pela Faculdade de São Bento do RJ e em em História do Império Português na Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Metodologia do Ensino de História e Geografia e História do Brasil pela Universidade Cândido Mendes. Bacharel em Direito pelo UBM, Teologia nas Faculdades EST e História pela Estácio de Sá. Volta Redonda/RJ, Brasil. E-mail: alessandromartinsgomes@hotmail.com

Published

2022-01-05

How to Cite

Gomes, A. M. . (2022). Menelik II and Hailé Selassié I: the Ethiopian fight for the conservation of independence. Identidade!, 22(2), 209–225. Retrieved from http://198.211.97.179/periodicos_novo/index.php/Identidade/article/view/1238