Lecture - The Massacre of Addis Ababa, February 1937 - 03.03.15
Presented by The Anglo-Ethiopian Society. The Massacre of Addis Ababa, February 1937: The Greatest Single Atrocity of the Italian Occupation
Lecture by Ian Campbell
Ian Campbell, a Development Consultant specialising in East Africa, has been studying Ethiopia's cultural history since he arrived in Addis Ababa in 1988. Author of "The Plot to Kill Graziani" (Addis Ababa University Press, 2010), and "The Massacre of Debre Libanos" (Addis Ababa University Press, forthcoming), he will present the findings from research he conducted over a 20-year period into the massacre of Addis Ababa - a hitherto undocumented event.
Ian will present the circumstances surrounding the massacre, maps showing the extent and location of the attacks on residents, rare photographs of what happened, previously unpublished documents showing that the massacre was authorised by the Italian authorities, and his analysis and estimates of the number of victims.
The Anglo-Ethiopian Society is affiliated to the University of London’s Centre of African Studies (CAS) and all of our events at SOAS are co-hosted with CAS.
