A History of Enӓmay Wӓrӓda (1941-1991), East Gojjam
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2024-02-01
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Enӓmay is a wӓrӓda located in the East Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region. The existing
evidences indicate that in the past the district of Enӓmay was an important center of
administration and economic activities in Gojjam since from Ras Hailu Yosadaqe founded
Bečӓna as the political center of Gojjam province in the last quarter of the 18th c. Following
the Italians invasion the significance of the Wӓrӓda was increased for both the patriots and
the collaborators.The main objective of this thesis is investigating and reconstructing the
administrative and socio –economic history of Enӓmay Wӓrӓda from the withdrawal of
Italians from the soil of Ethiopia in 1941 to the end of Military government in 1991. The
study covers the period from 1941 to1991, in which the community of Enӓmay wӓrӓda like
the other residents of Gojjam Province performed significant political and socio-economic
developments.
The district was well incorporated into the Christian Highland Kingdom in the 14th century
and passed through major social, political and economic developments, it was following the
withdrawal of Fascist Italians that these economic, social and political developments showed
important developments. Thus, thesis seeks to outline how the local people in Enӓmay
wӓrӓda reacted to the rule of the Italians. Besides, the thesis attempts to analyze how the
inhabitants of the wӓrӓda reacted to the various political and socio-economic activities from
1941 to 1991.
This thesis is analyzed and reconstructed based on using archival documents collected in
ENALA, IES, DMUAC and FBAC, Enӓmay wӓrӓda and oral information mostly gathered
from testimony of oral informants who were participants and observers of events in Enӓmay
wӓrӓda
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A History of Enӓmay Wӓrӓda