Table of Contents

Introduction
Youth in Revolt
The Political and Cultural Context
In the Beginning: 'That Will be the Day, When...'
The Process of Radicalization
1969: Prelude to Revolution
Championing the Cause of the Marginalized: The National Question and the Woman Question
Fusion and Fission: From Student Unions to Leftist Political Organizations
Conclusion: The Legacy

About the Author

Bahru Zewde is Emeritus Professor of History at Addis Ababa University and founding Fellow and Vice President of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences. He has authored many books and articles, notably A History of Modern Ethiopia, 1855-1974, Pioneers of Change in Ethiopia: The Reformist Intellectuals of the Early Twentieth Century and The Quest for Socialist Utopia, finalist for the Bethwell A. Ogot Book Prize, 2015.

Reviews

The present work is a major contribution to the modern intellectual and political history of Ethiopia. . . . Bahru Zewde has produced a masterful and nuanced account of the origins, personalities, organizations, internecine debates, and tragic fates of the young intellectuals and activists who organized and led student opposition to the imperial regime.
*INT'L JOURNAL OF AFRICAN HISTORICAL STUDIES*

[A] masterful, long awaited, and authentic account. ... A remarkable, painstakingly researched, and insightful analysis.
*AFRICA REVIEW OF BOOKS*

Bahru Zewde's book provides a rich, nuanced history, analysis, and interpretation of this most radical student movement in Africa in the twentieth century. It is a remarkably well-crafted book; elegant, readable, engrossing, and comprehensive.
*AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW*

Must become the definitive account of the Ethiopian student movement.
*ANGLO-ETHIOPIAN NEWS FILE*

Impeccable. ... An impressive and comprehensive piece of scholarly work.
*AFRICAN STUDIES QUARTERLY*