Italo-Ethiopian War

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Ras Walda Mikael Salomon (circa 1810-1906) was a 19th-century governor of Hamasen (later called Asmara) in northern Ethiopia who sought foreign support in order to...

MULUGETA, YEGAZU

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Ras Mulugeta Yegazu (1865-February 17, 1936) was an influential noble at the court of Emperor Menilek II [reigned 1889-1913], was one of the ministers in...

PADMORE, GEORGE

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George Padmore (1903-September 23, 1959), born Malcolm Ivan Meredith Nurse, called the “father of African emancipation”, was one of a number of talented West Indians...

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Italo-Ethiopian War

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