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Opposition to Haile Selassie relied largely of internal administration of his country. While Haile Selassie made attempt to modernize the country and brought to global power since Italy's occupation in 1936–41, the later administration met with negative public attitude especially among educated people in universities and peasants.

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Several coups made to overthrow Haile Selassie government notability in 1960 and finally in the 1974 revolution. One of the most notorious events that degraded Haile Selassie reputations include overtaxing system in Gojjam since 1930, famines in Wollo and Tigray since 1958, and autocratic land seizure.

The first student movements were held in 1965 at Addis Ababa University seeking land redistribution and abolition of feudalism in the Ethiopian Empire. Other aspect includes the Eritrean War of Independence in 1962, seeking Eritrea autonomy from the Ethiopian imperial government.

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Opposition to Haile Selassie

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Opposition to Haile Selassie relied largely of internal administration of his country. While Haile Selassie made attempt to modernize the country and...

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Haile Selassie

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Haile Selassie I (Ge'ez: ቀዳማዊ ኀይለ ሥላሴ, romanized: Qädamawi Haylä Səllasé, born Tafari Makonnen; 23 July 1892 – 27 August 1975) was the Emperor of Ethiopia...

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Ethiopian Revolution

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and military upheaval in Ethiopia to protest against the weakened Haile Selassie government. It is generally thought to have begun on 12 January 1974 when...

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Rastafari

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partially reside within each individual. Rastas accord key importance to Haile Selassie I, emperor of Ethiopia between 1930 and 1974; many regard him as the...

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Sahle Selassie

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Sahle Selassie was the father of numerous sons, among them Haile Melekot, Haile Mikael, Seyfe Sahle Selassie, Amarkegne and Darge Sahle Selassie; his daughters...

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Ethiopian Student Movement

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The movement also called for the abolish of monarchy under Emperor Haile Selassie and feudalism in Ethiopia. Following the 1974 revolution, the ESM members...

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Mengistu Haile Mariam

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power in the Ethiopian Revolution following the overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie I in 1974, marking the end of the Solomonic dynasty which had ruled...

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1960 Ethiopian coup attempt

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d'etat attempt (Amharic: የታህሳሱ ግርግር) was perpetrated against Emperor Haile Selassie on 13 December 1960. The Council of the Revolution, four conspirators...

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Eritrean War of Independence

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aspirations for independence. About nine years later, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie dissolved the federation and annexed Eritrea, triggering a thirty-year...

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Haile Melekot

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half-brothers Haile Mikael Sahle Selassie and Darge Sahle Selassie. During William Cornwallis Harris diplomatic mission to Sahle Selassie's court, both...

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Modern education in Ethiopia

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expanded to Harar, Dessie and Ankober. The opposition decreased by 1920s and subsequently Emperor Haile Selassie opened Teferi Mekonnen School and made hallmark...

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History of Rastafari

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although it anticipated the crowning of Haile Selassie later that year. Garvey would become critical of Haile Selassie for leaving Ethiopia during the Italian...

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Ethiopian Empire

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1270 until the 1974 coup d'etat by the Derg, which dethroned Emperor Haile Selassie. By 1896, the empire incorporated other regions such as Hararghe, Gurage...

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Foreign relations of Ethiopia

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forces formed such as the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF). Oppositions against Haile Selassie came to existence with students began marching through 1960s and...

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Ethiopian Civil War

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anti-government rebels from 12 September 1974 to 28 May 1991. The Derg overthrew the Ethiopian Empire and Emperor Haile Selassie in a coup d'état on 12 September 1974...

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Abe Gubegna

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to be controversial only his bravery has been undisputed". But as with much of his work, this position was also made in opposition to Haile Selassie,...

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Derg

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chairman Mengistu Haile Mariam. On 12 September 1974, the Derg overthrew the government of the Ethiopian Empire and Emperor Haile Selassie during nationwide...

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Medferiashwork Abebe

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the daughter-in-law of Emperor Haile Selassie. Medferiashwork Abebe Damtew married Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen Haile Selassie in 1945, and they had three daughters...

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Student activism

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Haile Selassie, included debates about the social sciences and social change and played a significant role in political opposition to Haile Selassie,...

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Haile Fida

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near the campus of Haile Selassie University (now Addis Ababa University), which made the basic texts of Marxism-Leninism available to Ethiopians. "The...

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History of Ethiopia

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successor to the throne. Upon the death of Empress Zewditu in 1930, Ras Tafari Makonnen, adopting the throne name Haile Selassie, was crowned Emperor Haile Selassie...

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Leonard Howell

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Tafari Makonnen as Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia. His preaching asserted that Haile Selassie was the "Messiah returned to earth", and he published...

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Ethiopian National Defense Force

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Springer, 2018. Haile Selassie I (1999). Haile Selassie I: My Life and Ethiopia's Progress: The Autobiography of Emperor Haile Selassie I, King of Kings...

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Addis Ababa

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Emperor Haile Selassie for Ethiopian Gideon Force and Ethiopian resistance in time to permit Emperor Haile Selassie's return on 5 May 1941, five years to the...

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Ethiopia

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Soviet-backed military junta, took power in 1974 after deposing Emperor Haile Selassie and the Solomonic dynasty, and ruled the country for nearly 17 years...

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Alimirah Hanfare

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in 2011. He ascended to the throne after his predecessor and uncle, Mohammad Yayyo. Loyal to his suzerain, Emperor Haile Selassie I, Alimirah possessed...

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