Old Italian videos on Eritrea starting from 1912

Old Italian videos on Eritrea from 1912


A 1912 video, on the life and times of the Eritrean Ascari:

https://www.europeana.eu/portal/it/record/08619/1037479000000254035.html?q=eritrea


1914 video: Arrival of Giovanni Cerrina Feroni, Italian Governor of Eritrea in Asmara and his visit to Keren:

http://cinestore.cinetecadibologna.it/video/dettaglio/43495

A 1929 video on sail boats from Assab, :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrXhzCX7IJU

On Dankalia 1936:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGt_sICw9II

On Dankalia, 1939:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5Ic47-H1w4

Pictures on the construction of the road between Asmara and Massawa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbXDChsqOBs

Aklilu Habte Wold's memoirs, in Amharic 1974

Aklilu Habte Wold's memoirs, in Amharic, written to the Commission of Enquiry established by the Dergue in 1974. The book was fisrt published 2010, Pages 47 - 71 cover his struggle to unite Eritrea with Ethiopia: Aklilu has served Ethiopia in various position including Foreign Minister and Prime Minister.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/u8sqd3vaho1b3ru/Aklilu+Habte+wold+memories.pdf

Eritrean coins from 1890 and 1896

Exchange of Notes between Great Britain and Ethiopia 1952

Exchange of Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Ethiopia regarding the Federation of Eritrea with Ethiopia under the sovereignty of the Ethiopian Crown Addis Ababa, August 27/29, 1952

http://treaties.fco.gov.uk/docs/pdf/1954/TS0022.pdf

L’IMMAGINE DELL’ERITREA NELLE FOTOGRAFIE DI ERRARDO DI AICHELBURG (1898-1903) CONOSCENZA E DOMINIO

L’IMMAGINE DELL’ERITREA NELLE FOTOGRAFIE DI ERRARDO DI AICHELBURG (1898-1903) CONOSCENZA E DOMINIO

THE IMAGE OF ERITREA IN ACHELBURG ERRARDO PHOTOGRAPHS (1898-1903) KNOWLEDGE AND DOMAIN

http://www.mediafire.com/file/6l28gza3a8b2yge/L%E2%80%99IMMAGINE+DELL%E2%80%99ERITREA+NELLE+FOTOGRAFIE+DI.pdf

Confidential memos on :US interest in Ethiopia and Eritrea 1952 - 1954

The confidential memos and exchanges between Ethiopia, the USA and the British Administration on the Federation and on military aid to Ethiopia, 1952 - 1954

http://images.library.wisc.edu/FRUS/EFacs2/1952-54v11p1/reference/frus.frus195254v11p1.i0011.pdf

Italian invasion of Ethiopia October 3, 1935

The United Press Report of October 3, 1935 on the Italian invasion of Ethiopia:

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1935/10/03/Italians-invade-Ethiopia/2283815011741/

Videos on the Italian invasion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y5-Ky9Wqkg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op-dD3oUMh0

In the war Zone 1935:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRSY5kiqN3A

Demonstration against invasion in Addis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJELiFCRI9M

Abyssinian army 1935:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv591LJS5R0

Newsreel from Ethiopia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN2FkAgXkCI

Surrender od Adwa and Axum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyfUhoTGFR4

Abyssinian war roll I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vNVERcy8EE

Abyssinian war roll II

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P303SKZvSSE

BRITISH MILITARY ADMINISTRATION IN ERITREA AND SOMALIA, 1941-1943

THE RECORD OF BRITISH MILITARY ADMINISTRATION IN ERITREA AND SOMALIA, 1941-1943


http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/action/singleViewer.do?dvs=1508933369733~55&locale=en_US&metadata_object_ratio=10&show_metadata=true&VIEWER_URL=/view/action/singleViewer.do?&preferred_usage_type=VIEW_MAIN&DELIVERY_RULE_ID=10&frameId=1&usePid1=true&usePid2=true

Narrative through the Afar country 1869 by Munzinger

Narrative through the Afar country April 26, 1869.  By Munzinger


https://ia601701.us.archive.org/34/items/jstor-1798551/1798551.pdf

ሓምሸይቲ ወተሃደራዊ ክፍሊ ተሓኤ The 5th Military Zone of the ELF

ሓምሸይቲ ወተሃደራዊ ክፍሊ ተሓኤ: አቓቅማ ፤ ሽግራትን ፤ ምስላማትን ፤ ምቅተልትን ፤ ሳዕቤናትን ፤

http://www.mediafire.com/file/h2o07hj8m4m9f3f/Hamshaiti+Kifli_ELF+5th+Zone.pdf

ምንጪ : ካብ ኣብዚ ቀረባ ዝወጸ መጽናዕታዊ ጽሑፍ

Islam, the orthodox Church and Oromo nationalism (Ethiopia)

Islam, the orthodox Church and Oromo nationalism (Ethiopia) a 2002 article by 

Abbas Haji Gnamo

https://etudesafricaines.revues.org/137

الإلمام بٱخبار من بٱرض الحبشة من ملوك الإسلام

الإلمام بٱخبار من بٱرض الحبشة من ملوك الإسلام

بقلم تقى الدين أحمد بن على بن عبد القادر بن محمد المقريزي

توفى المغريزي في ٨٤٥ه الموافق ١٤٤٦

http://www.mediafire.com/file/c7z8ig9fgmmzszo/Magrizi+Habesha.pdf

Taqi al-Din Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn 'Ali ibn 'Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhammad al-Maqrizi (1364–1446) was an Egyptian historian more commonly known as al-Maqrizi or Makrizi. This is one of his books, on Muslim kings in Abyssinia 

Historical Videos when Italians occupied Addis and the day they lost it

Abyssinian crisis 1935 - 1936

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op-dD3oUMh0

Ethiopians mobilize against Italy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q1LJ1rgaV4

The day Italians occupied Addis Ababa 1936

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk-_YFJwDH4

And the day they lost it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvI7m_UbsI8

And the return of the Emperor:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akChOvfHADs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q1LJ1rgaV4&t=78s

The Kunama and their marriage customs

Kunama marriage customs, a note written in 1966/67 by M. Cittadini, H. S. I. University, Addis Ababa

http://www.mediafire.com/file/bpyfadaw3ovntcj/Kunama+marriage+customs+1966.pdf

Thanks to Prof. Kjetil Tronvoll for sharing

ሓጺር ታሪኽ ሓምድ እድሪስ ዓዋተ A note on Awate in Tigrinya

ሓጺር ታሪኽ ሓምድ እድሪስ ዓዋተ

Picture: Almseged's latest book, 'From Federation to Revolution 1956 - 1962' in Tigrinya
The picture was taken on 31 July, 1951

http://www.mediafire.com/file/a8xbgmpxaavkwu9/Hamid+Awate_Tigrinya+Part+I.pdf

ከምዛ ዕለት እዚኣ ቅድሚ 66 ዓመት፤ 31 July 1951 ሓምድ እድሪስ ዓዋተ ንምምሕዳር መንግስቲ እንግሊዝ ተቀቢሉ ኣብ ሰላማዊ ህይወት እተመልሰላ ዕለት። አብቲ ኣንጻር መንግስቲ እንግሊዝ ኣዲምሉ ዝነበረ ጊዜ ካብ ወልቃይት ከይተረፉ ሰዓብቲ ነይሮሞ።

በዚ መኽንያት ይኸዉን፣ አብ ኤርትራ ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ምስ ጀመረ፤ በዚ ተደሪኾም ትግራዎት በረታዊ ቃልሲ ምጅማር ኣብ ዝሓስቡሉ ዝነበሩ ፣ ሓደ ካብ መስረቲ ወያነ ፣ ስሑል ፣ ኣብ ኤርትራ መጺኡ ን ዓዋተ ረኺብዎ ከም ዝነበረ ዶ ኣረጋዊ በርሄ ይገልጽ። ኣብቲ ኣብ አርብዓታት ዝነበረ ሓድሕድ ውግአ ብሓደ ወገን ኣብ መንጎ ኩናማን ኣብ መንጎ በኒዓምርን ናራን ብቲ ኻልእ ወገን ድማ ኣብ መንጎ በኒዓምርን ሃደንደዋን ሸፋቱ ረሻይዳን ሓምድ ኣብ ጎኒ በኒዓምርን ናራን ነይሩ። እት ናይ ሓድሕድ ውግአ ኣብ  1945 ብሰላም ዓርፉ።

66 years ago, this day on 31 July 1951, Hamid Idris Awate, agreed to end his opposition to the British Military Administration (BMA) and return to civilian life. The British had regarded Awate as an outlaw and thus regarded him as Shifta. Awate agreed to return to normal life after long indirect and direct talks with the then  Commissioner of the Police of Eritrea, Colonel David P.P. Cracknell.

حدث في مثل هذا اليوم، قبل 66 عاما، يوم 31 يوليو 1951،وافق حامد إدريس عواتي،  على إنهاء معارضته للإدارة العسكرية البريطانية والعودة إلى الحياة المدنية. وكان البريطانيون يعتبرون عواتي من الخارجين عن القانون ومن ثم يعتبرونه من الشيفتا. وافق عواتي على العودة الى الحياة الطبيعية بعد محادثات غير مباشرة ومباشرة طويلة مع مفوض شرطة اريتريا آنذاك الكولونيل ديفيد ب. كراكنل

The Seen, the Unseen, the Invented Misrepresentations in the Making of a Colony. Eritrea

The Seen, the Unseen, the Invented Misrepresentations of African “Otherness” in the Making of a Colony. Eritrea, 1885-1896 by Silvana Palma

This essay analyses the photos of Eritreans taken by professional photographers at the beginning of Italian presence in Africa—particularly from the first Italian landing in Africa in 1885 up to the “reconquest” of Saati in 1881, after the Italian military defeat at Dogali—in order to identify their language and the extent to which they were functional to colonial rule. The photographic image is considered here as a primary element of a specific historical and cultural moment in view of the fact that it had a growing diffusion as a means of communication at the time of the “first Italian African war”, when it was already becoming a “mass” medium. The growth of the photographic market in the last twenty years of the 19th century coincided with Italy’s participation in the scramble for Africa and with the growth of the information industry, in which a very prominent role was played by the illustrated press2 which made use of photographs, particularly those taken by commercial photographers, as the preferential means of spreading Italian “knowledge” concerning Africa and its peoples.

http://modaina.com/PDF/the_making_of_a_colony_eritrea.pdf

Debtera Fesseha Giyorgis, from Yeha in Tigray, about his voyage to Italy in the summer of 1890

This is the translation of a travelogue written in Tigrinya by Debtera Fesseha Giyorgis, from Yeha in Tigray, about his voyage from Massawa to Italy in the summer of 1890. This is regarded as the first secular text published in the Tigrinya language. It was published in Rome in 1895.

According to the article, Dàbtàra Fesseha Giyorgis can be regarded as the father of Tigrinya literature. He authored at least five Tigrinya texts, of which two were published in Rome in 1895 and 1898. His manuscript “A History of Ethiopia” was published in Naples in 1897
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https://ilpaesedelleterredoltremare.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/authors-journey.pdf

Colonial Inertia and Postcolonial Capital in Asmara

Italy's Colonial Futures: Colonial Inertia and Postcolonial Capital in Asmara, a 2011 article by Mia Fuller

Abstract: The core of Asmara, Italy’s former colonial capital in Eritrea, is widely known as a unique repository of 1930s Italian architecture. In addition, its Italian food and other traces of the colonial era lend it the semblance, to foreign eyes, of a still-colonial city. This article describes this apparent colonial inertia with respect to Eritrean citizens’ and government’s interests in sustaining the illusion, and argues that they use their past as Italian colonial subjects – specifically, their postcolonial cultural capital - to fortify their sense of separateness from Ethiopians, and celebrate their independence from their African neighbor.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/5x3sou3nsqhprwm/Colonial+inertia+and+post+colonial+capital+Asmara.pdf

A confidential letter written to Haile Sellasie by a senior Ethiopian army official in 1974

A confidential letter written to Haile Sellasie by a senior Ethiopian army official, Let. General Kebede Gebre in 1974 explaining among other things that that Ethiopian army was losing the fight in Eritrea. Let. General Kebede Gebre, who occupied among other positions the Commander-in-Chief of the UN Forces in the Congo from 1960 – 1964. He was among the 60 senior officials killed by the Dergue on 23^rd November 1974. He refers to his verbal note given to Haile Sellasie and Aklilu Habtewold in 1974 (1966 E.C). He stated in his letter that the Ethiopian army has sustained big losses in its war in Eritrea and advises the Emperor to reinstate the Federation between Eritrea and Ethiopia

ሓደ ፍሉጥ ኢትዩጵያዊ ጀነራል ከበደ ገብሬ ናብ ንጉስ ሃይለስላስየ  1974 ዝተጻሕፈት ምስጢራዊት ደብዳቤ ሰራዊት ኢትዩጵያ ኣብ ኤርትራ ቡዙሕ ኪሳራ ይወርዶ ሰለ ዘሎ ፣ ፈደረሽን ክምለስ ትሓትት ።

رسالة سرية مكتوبة إلى الامبراطور هايلي سيلاسي من قبل مسؤول كبير في الجيش الإثيوبي، يدعى الجنرال كبدى قبرى في عام 1974، موضحا من بين أمور أخرى أن الجيش الإثيوبي يفقد المعركة في إريتريا، ويقترح فيها إعادة الفيدرالية

http://www.mediafire.com/file/tcytcl2qa9tskbm/G+Kebede+Gebre+note.pdf

Thanks to Jelal Yassin for sharing

ELF National Democratic Program, 1979

ELF National Democratic Program, 1979

with the following contents:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/amisat2iw97a97e/ELF+National+Democratic+Program+1979.pdf

Thanks to Prof. Kjetil Tronvoll for sharing the document