PROJECT ADAWA
Class name TAOD
Instructor TEDDY
Titles
1)What is the history of Adwa
2)When was the history of Adwa
3)Why is Adwa victory celebrated
4)Why did Italy go to war with Italy
5)What was Ethiopia called before
6 )How many people dead in Adwa
7) How long did Italy occupy Ethiopia
WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF ADWA
•The battle of Adwa of 1 March 1896 was a
stunning victory for Ethiopia but a rout and
a disaster for Italy. Adwa – the story of
Africans seeing to their own freedom –
played out against a background of almost
unrelenting European expansion into Africa
WHEN WAS THE BATTLE OF ADWA
•March 1, 1896
•Battle of Adwa/Dates
•Battle of Adwa, Adwa also spelled Adowa
or Italian Adua, (March 1, 1896), military
clash at Adwa, in north-central Ethiopia,
between the Ethiopian army of Emperor
Menilek II and Italian forces
WHY IS ADWA VICTORY CELEBRATED IN
ETHIOPIA EVERY YEAR
• ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia
In addition to dashing the hopes of fascist Italy
to capture and colonize the entire Horn of
Africa region, the Adwa victory inspired a
continent-wide movement of pan-Africanism.
It also paved the way to the birth of the
Organization of African Unity, later to become
the African Union
WHY DID ITALY GO TO WAR WITH
ETHIOPIA
•The aim of invading Ethiopia was to
boost Italian national prestige, which wa
wounded by Ethiopia's defeat
of Italian forces at the Battle of Adowa in
the nineteenth century (1896), which
saved Ethiopia from Italian colonisation
HOW LONG DID ITALY OCCUPY
ETHIOPIA
•The Italian “occupation" of
Ethiopia during Fascism lasted from
1935-36 to 1941, while Italian rule in
the Horn of Africa (Eritrea and
Somalia) was much
longer (1880s-1940s).
WHAT WAS ETHIOPIA CALLED BEFORE
•Abyssinia
•In English, and generally outside
of Ethiopia, the country was once
historically known as Abyssinia. This
toponym was derived from the
Latinized form of the ancient
Habash
HOW MANY PEOPLE DIE IN
ADWA
•6,000
•The Italians suffered about 6,000 killed
and 1,500 wounded in the battle and
subsequent retreat back into Eritrea,
with 3,000 taken prisoner. Brigadiers
Dabormida and Arimondi were
amongst the dead. Ethiopian losses
have been estimated at around 4,000–
5,000 killed and 8,000 wounded.
GROUP MEMBERS
• Yuleeblen Tewodros
• Daniel Yonas
• Sena Chali
• Abduraman Mahammed
• Bersabeh Tadese
• Betelhem Girum
• Kidus Getu
• Noel Daniel