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Self-determination or #Ethiopia's Decimation? [Thread]:
An Austrian Nazi named Baron Roman Prochazka wrote a book called "Abyssinia: The Powder Barrel" (1935) before Fascist Italy's invasion of Ethiopia.
[Available for Free via @JSTOR & @tsehai: jstor.org/stable/26586238]
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An Austrian Nazi named Baron Roman Prochazka wrote a book called "Abyssinia: The Powder Barrel" (1935) before Fascist Italy's invasion of Ethiopia.
[Available for Free via @JSTOR & @tsehai: jstor.org/stable/26586238]
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➡️ Prochazka frames Emperor Haile Selassie I & the Ethiopian empire as a threat to the colonial powers through collusion w/ Japan.
➡️ He proposes tribalization of #Ethiopia & pioneers the term "self-determination" in the Ethiopian context to weaken & fragment the country.
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➡️ He proposes tribalization of #Ethiopia & pioneers the term "self-determination" in the Ethiopian context to weaken & fragment the country.
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➡️ He undermines the "unitary state" & names denominations: "Abyssinians proper (occupying the central part of the country), the Gallas, the Gojjams, & the Kushites of Tigré".
➡️ Colonial rule is proposed as desired to liberate people from "Tyranny of the #Amhara".
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➡️ Colonial rule is proposed as desired to liberate people from "Tyranny of the #Amhara".
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