Identity jilted, or, Re-imagining identity?

the divergent paths of the Eritrean and Tigrayan nationalist struggles

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Identity jilted, or, Re-imagining identity?

the divergent paths of the Eritrean and Tigrayan nationalist struggles

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In this bold study of modern ethno-regional nationalism, the author examines the divergent paths taken by the nationalist insurgencies in Tigray and Eritrea. The author argues that Tigrayans, south of the Mereb River, and Kebessa (highlands) Eritreans, north of the Mereb, are ethnically one people, tied by common history, political economy, myth, language and religion. Both fought against a common enemy, an oppressive Amhara ethnic state, for a period of seventeen and thirty years, respectively.

In the process of the armed struggle, however, each evolved separate political identities and, after jointly marching to military victory in 1991, they followed separate political paths - Eritreans created the newest state in Africa and Tigrayans remained within the Ethiopian body politic.

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Publisher
Red Sea Press
Language
English
Pages
250

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-245) and index.
Originally presented as the author's thesis.

Published in
Lawrenceville, NJ
Other Titles
Identity jilted, Re-imagining identity

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
965.5
Library of Congress
DT397 .A45 1998, DT397.A45 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 250 p. ;
Number of pages
250

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL363492M
Internet Archive
identityjiltedor0000alem
ISBN 10
156902071X, 1569020728
LCCN
98023736
OCLC/WorldCat
39116684
Goodreads
1270216
3925227

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"Tigrayans, south of the Mereb river, and the Kebessa (highland) Eritreans, north of the Mereb river, are ethnically one people, tied by common history, political economy, myth, language and religion."

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