Historical Dictionary of Eritrea

Dan Connell (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

728 Seiten

2019 | 3rd edition
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-2065-1 (ISBN)

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In 1991, Eritrea won a 30-year war for independence from Ethiopia, and in 1993, it was recognized as Africa’s newest nation after more than a century of conquest and occupation by a succession of external powers that included the Ottomans, Egypt, Italy, Great Britain and Ethiopia. Each had left its mark, while fostering a deep distrust of outsiders and a fierce commitment to Eritrea’s separate political identity. Eritrea and Ethiopia slipped into a chronic state of no-peace-no-war that kept the entire Horn of Africa off-balance for nearly two decades, the standoff ended in 2018 when a newly installed Ethiopian prime minister reached out to Eritrea and set in motion a rapid-fire series of talks among the states of the African Horn that broke down long-standing barriers and raised hopes for a new era of regional peace and cooperation.

This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Eritrea contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 600 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Eritrea.

Dan Connell is a visiting scholar at Boston University’s African Studies Center and a retired senior lecturer in journalism and African politics at Simmons College, Boston. He has also consulted for numerous development agencies and human rights organizations and is the founder and former director of Grassroots International. He is currently working on a book on the experiences of Eritrean refugees.

Editor’s Foreword (Jon Woronoff)

Acknowledgments

Reader’s Note

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Maps

Chronology

Introduction

THE DICTIONARY

Appendix 1: An open letter to all members of the PFDJ [27 May 2001]

Appendix 2: The Algiers Agreement between Eritrea and Ethiopia [12 December 2000]

Appendix 3: Joint declaration of peace and friendship between Eritrea and Ethiopia [9 July 2018]

Appendix 4: The Jeddah Agreement between Eritrea and Ethiopia [16 September 2018]

Bibliography

About the Authors

Erscheinungsdatum	06.07.2019
Reihe/Serie	Historical Dictionaries of Africa
Zusatzinfo	6 Maps
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 227 mm
Gewicht	1325 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-5381-2065-8 / 1538120658
ISBN-13	978-1-5381-2065-1 / 9781538120651
Zustand	Neuware