ኢትዮጵያ የባሩድ በርሜል

by Roman Procházka, ደበበ እሸቱ (Translator)

ባሮን ሮማን ፕሮቻዝካ ለሁለት ዓመታት በአዲስ አበባ የኦስትሪያ ቆንስላ ውስጥ ተመድቦ ሠርቷል፡፡ ከአዲስ አበባ የወጣው ከዲፕሎማት ሥራውና መብቱ ጋር የሚፃረር ተግባር ሲያከናውን በመገኘቱ በ1926 ዓም ተባርሮ ነው፡:

ፕሮቻዝካ "Abessinien: Die schwarze Gefahr" በሚል ርእስ በ1927 ቪየና ላይ አውሮፓውያን ትዮጵያን ሊወርሩና ሊይዙ የሚገባበትን ምክንያት የሚያቀርብ መጽሐፍ አሳተመ፡፡ መጽሐፉ "ABISSINIA PERICOLO NERO" (አቢሲንያ፡- ጥቁሯ አደጋ/ሥጋት) በሚል ርእስ የጣልያን ወረራ ከመጀመሩ አንድ ዓመት በፊት በ1927 ዓም በጣልያንኛ ተተርጉሞ ወጣ፡፡ ጣልያን ሀገሪቱን በወረረበት በ1928 ዓም ከወረራው ትንሽ ወራት ቀደም ብሎ በዋና ዋና የአውሮፓ ቋንቋዎች ተተርጉሞ እየታተመ ተሠራጭቶ ነበር፡፡

Paperback

First published January 1, 1927

Reviews

[Yohannes Fassika]

I can't rate this book because for me giving a rating means liking the content of the book amounting to the rate one gives. There is nothing to like in the book because it is more of a racist slur. But it is an important read because it shows the mentality of colonizers during the 1930s. The author was very much unhappy with the attitude of 'Abyssinians' in challenging the right of whites to 'train' them and their tendency to mobilize the rest of the black community in rising against colonialism. He has suggested the remedy to the threat posed by the Abyssinians and I am afraid the suggested remedy has some similarity with what one sees in the contemporary Ethiopian politics at times.

This paragraph from the book shows the mentality of the author a lot more than what any reviewer can say. "........Among the Abyssinians the word 'netsh' meaning 'white' is a common term of abuse. The reason being probably that the white face is in some way associated with the painful white light of the glaring tropical sun and is therefore instinctively an object of dislike......"

He also lamented that "......As already pointed out, the Abyssinians regard themselves as the exclusive lords of the land, and they consequently do as they please......"

It is a small book and it has already been translated to Amharic by Debebe Eshetu. A recommended reading for someone curious enough to know the mentality of colonizers by then and patient enough to ignore the racist slurs of the author! It is also interesting to see how Ethiopians willingly implemented the weakening suggestions of the author.

[Natnael Belay · Rating 4 out of 5]

This rating is for the translator and the book's historical place. This was what some of the foreingers think of us and possibly with same current thinking and attitude, which is part of colonialism.

[Kefale Kgg]

we are habesha

[Hewan Legesse]

It is a good book that shows the mentality of some entitled white men. It is hard to trust the book as it contradicts itself often. However, given the aim of the book, one can only use it to further confirm what history tells us about that time.

[Girma]

Unrealistic and very biased book I ever know.

[Dawit Asfaw]

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