How Ethiopia Defeated Italy: The Battle of Adwa and Its Pan-African Legacy
Did you that on March 1, 1896, a remarkable event unfolded in the hills of northern Ethiopia? An African army, led by Emperor Menelik II and Empress Taytu Betul, delivered a crushing defeat to an invading Italian force at the Battle of Adwa. At a time when the “Scramble for Africa” had carved up almost…