Episode 10-"Guerrillas Rise to Power"-Student Movements in 1960s Ethiopia w/Beatrice Wayne

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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