Cultura etíope y eritrea
[ESP] Ya ha salido publicado el artículo académico «Auge y caída de un icono africano. Abiy Ahmed Ali ¿del Nobel de la Paz a amenaza para la seguridad regional?», el cual forma parte del volumen 24 de la Revista del Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos (IEEE).
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May 25 is Africa Day, perhaps one of the most significant dates for those of us dedicated to studying this vast continent. However, few people know that what is commemorated is an event of great importance: the establishment of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), an institution that, in 2002, was transformed into the African Union.
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The Treaty of Wuchale (ውጫሌ in Amharic, Uccialli in Italian) was an agreement between the Ethiopian Empire and Italy signed in the city of the same name, in northern Ethiopia, on May 2, 1889. However, what seemed to be a simple treaty aimed at promoting trade between the two nations concealed the Italian intention of imposing a protectorate over Ethiopia. Once the Ethiopians discovered the ruse, the resulting unrest eventually led to the First Italo-Ethiopian War (1895–1896), which ended with the Italian defeat at the Battle of Adwa.
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Baalu Girma (Also transliterated as Ba’elu Girma; in Ge’ez characters, በዓሉ ግርማ) was one of the most important 20th-century writers in Amharic. His meteoric career, which produced such significant works as Oromay, was violently cut short by his disappearance, presumably caused by the communist Derg regime, in 1984.
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The Ethiopian Christmas differs in many aspects from ours, even though both have the same origin and meaning. While we celebrate it on a fixed date, December 25th, in Ethiopia, they do so in a cyclical manner due to the peculiarities of their calendar. The day of Genna (Christmas) falls on the 29th of the month of Tahsas for three years, and on the 28th of Tahsas in the fourth year. Neither of the two days coincides with our Christmas day since Ethiopians use a calendar based on the Julian system, and their Christmas begins in our month of January. Additionally, Christmas day must be celebrated nine months and five days after the Annunciation to fulfill the gestation period.
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The Timkät festival, Timkat or Timket, is one of the most famous celebrations in Ethiopia and Eritrea. It takes place on the 11th day of the month of Terr, which usually corresponds to our January 19, although due to the peculiarity of the Ethiopian calendar, in leap years it would coincide with January 20. It commemorates the baptism of Christ in the Jordan River by Saint John the Baptist, an event celebrated throughout Christendom, but of special importance in Ethiopian tradition.
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According to Ethiopian tradition, when Christ was born, King Bazen was reigning in Aksum, an enigmatic character whose name only appears once in the Ethiopian king lists. For the rest, he does not appear cited in any other source, neither epigraphic nor numismatic.
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© 2025 Reino de Aksum
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