29 January 2019
Michele Petrone
SeSaMO (Società Italiana Studi sul Medio Oriente) - Percorsi di resistenza in Medio Oriente e Nord Africa
Panel: Forme, reti e percorsi di resistenza Sufi.
In this paper it is analyzed the complex dynamic of the relations between Muslims and Italian fascist occupants in Ethiopia, focusing on the relations between local Tiǧānīs, the power of the local Muslim monarchy of Jimma Abba Jifar and the colonial occupation, all opposed to the Amhara government of Addis Ababa.