The Battle of Adwa: African Victory in The Age of Empire
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In March 1896 a well-disciplined and massive Ethiopian army did the unthinkableit routed an invading Italian force and brought Italys war of conquest in Africa to an end. In an age of relentless European expansion Ethiopia had successfully defended its independence and cast doubt upon an unshakable certainty of the agethat sooner or later all Africans would fall under the rule of Europeans. This event opened a breach that would lead in the aftermath of world war fifty years later to the continents painful struggle for freedom from colonial rule.Raymond Jonas offers the first comprehensive account of this singular episode in modern world history. The narrative is peopled by the ambitious and vain the creative and the coarse across Africa Europe and the Americaspersonalities like Menelik a biblically inspired provincial monarch who consolidated Ethiopias throne; Taytu his quick-witted and aggressive wife; and the Swiss engineer Al
