Understanding Contemporary Ethiopia - Monarchy, Revolution and the Legacy of Meles Zenawi

Understanding Contemporary Ethiopia seeks to offer readers a comprehensive overview of the country's recent history, politics and culture that goes beyond the usual guidebook fare, presenting a measured, detailed and systematic analysis of the main features of this unique country, now building on the foundations of a magical and tumultuous past as it struggles to emerge in the modern world on its own terms.

About the author

GÃ(c)rard Prunier is a renowned historian of contemporary Africa and author of the acclaimed Africa's World War: Congo, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Making of a Continental Catastrophe, The Rwanda Crisis: History of a Genocide and Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide.

Éloi Ficquet is an anthropologist and historian, professor at the EHESS, and Director of the French Center for Ethiopian Studies in Addis Ababa. He is the author of A French-Amharic Dictionary and of many articles on Ethiopian history and culture.

Summary

A measured, detailed and systematic analysis of the key features of Ethiopian society and politics

Product details

• Authors: Éloi Ficquet, Gerard Prunier, Gérard Prunier
• Assisted by: Eloi Ficquet (Editor), Gerard Prunier (Editor)
• Publisher: Hurst & Co
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.2015
• EAN: 9781849042611
• ISBN: 978-1-84904-261-1
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 216 mm x 38 mm
• Weight: 693 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous