Tag: #Hamid Idris Awate

Sixty-five Years Later, Eritrea’s Struggle for Self-Determination Remains a Living Legacy

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By Alula Frezghi 65 Years After Hamid Idris Awate’s First Shot, Eritrea’s Struggle for Self-Determination Remains a Living Legacy On September...

The Shot That Changed Eritrea

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by David Yeh On September 1, 1961, a single shot announced that Eritrea’s struggle had entered a new and irreversible...

Against Impossible Odds: Hamid Idris Awate and the Birth of Eritrea’s Armed Struggle

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by Ghidewon Abay Asmerom Sixty-five years ago, a handful of Eritreans made a decision that, by every practical measure, seemed...

Eritrea’s Story, Africa’s Mirror: Lessons from Alemseged Tesfai’s “An African People’s Quest for Freedom and Justice: A Political History of Eritrea, 1941-1962”

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By Alula Frezghi Eritrea’s history has rarely been allowed to speak for itself. For much of the twentieth century, it...