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Class and Revolution in Ethiopia

By John Markakis and Nega Ayele

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First American Edition 1986 THE RED SEA PRESS, 556 Bellevue Avenue., Trenton, N.J. 08618

Copyright © John Markakis All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publishers. Cover design by Adjoa Jackson-Burrowes Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 85-62178 ISBN: 0-923415-04-0 Cloth ISBN: 0-923415-05-9 Paper

To the brave youth of Ethiopia May its vision of the future never darken

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Ga _f _,te~~-~ts ; rather than competition . (o_r . office and gult, the perenn~al concerns of the northern aristocracy, and the bones of contention tretwe-en ..tiiis~grou·p' -~~-d-'ih~ throne. The ascendance of the centre under the aegis of the imperial throne was not inimical to the interests of the former group, while it certainly appeared to threaten those of the latter. Undoubtedly significant also is the fact that the. throne itse~f fell into the hands of a man whose background and persotratity v/e're emin.'ently suited to the task. ·Haile -S'e"lissie .himself ·was the scion of~ family .wlii~h haifmade its fortune in the conquest of the .south. Moreover, l1ke .the majority oflhe'beheficfiinesof that victory ..- which had been ~C.ti~~y~g_µ_nc;l~x .th~.J~.a.:~L~I~P.l;P-.~..! ~nelil