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Ethiopia in Theory
Elaini Santim Zileka is Assistant Professor of African Studies at Columbia University in New York. She's working on a new book about the current conflict in Ethiopia. The Italian defeat in Abyssinia has produced a profound impression here, and the possibility of a new grouping of the powers is discussed. In the diaspora, the African diaspora there is this enthusiastic reaction to the story of Adwa. It's an African victory over a European army. It's the victory of a black army over a white army.