Etana H. Dinka is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Miami, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in African history. His research focuses on the late nineteenth and twentieth-century political and environmental history of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa region. Dr Dinka’s latest research articles and reviews were published in peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of African History, African Studies Review, Northeast African Studies, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, and the Journal of Oromo Studies. He is the editor of Shadows of History: Nationalism, Violence and State Crisis in Ethiopia (Red Sea Press, 2025), and is a co-editor and co-translator (along with A. Triulzi and T. Ta’a) of Negotiating Power in Imperial Ethiopia, Wallagga, 1890s–1930s: A History in Documents (Naples, IT: Unior Press, 2025).

Social revolutions—those great upheavals that transform not only who controls the state but also what class dominates the economy—produce especially long-lasting reverberations. This important collection examines the ways in which the 1974 Ethiopian revolution continues into the present. Required reading for specialists and the general public.

• MapsList of AbbreviationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The 1974 Ethiopian Revolution at Fifty Etana H. DinkaPart I Historical Context and Ideological UnderpinningsRevolutionary Africa: Historical Patterns of Transformative RuptureRichard ReidEthiopian Revolution in Broader Perspective: Five Decades On John MarkakisEthiopia and the Revolution within the Revolution John YoungPart II The Road to the Revolution and Enduring ImpactsEthiopia’s Road to the Revolution Randi Rønning BalsvikLand Tenure, National Question, and the Road to The Ethiopian Revolution of 1974: The Oromo Factor Benti GetahunStruggling for Liberation: Revolutionary Iconographies, Local Nationalisms, and Evolving Practices of Resistance Sarah VaughanPart III Landholding System, State, and RevolutionLand, People, and the State in Ethiopia: Re-examining the 1975 “Public Ownership of Rural Lands” Proclamation Gutu O. WayessaEthiopia’s Unsettled Land Questions: Claims of Access, Ownership, and Governance since the 1974 Revolution Asebe RegassaPart IV Religious Dynamics, Revolution, and the StateRevolution, Repression, and Revival: The Derg’s Impact on Ethiopia’s Religions Jörg Haustein and Terje ØstebøBringing Religion Back In: The Ethiopian Revolution and Evangelical Christianity Ezekiel GebissaPart V Revolution, Ethnonationalism, and the StateRevolutionary Ruptures, Regime Changes, and the Oromo Question: A Fifty-year View of the 1974 Unsuccessful Ethiopian Revolution Asafa JalataDifferent Shades of Progressivism: The Mobilizations of the Afar People in Response to the Ethiopian Revolution and the Derg Regime, 1974–7Aramis Houmed Soulé and Éloi FicquetThe Ethiopian Revolution, Oromo Nationalism, and Environmental Challenges in Oromia Tesema Ta’a and Deressa DebuPart VI Revolution and State ReorganizationThe 1974 Revolution, the Nationality Question, and Federalism in Ethiopia Assefa FisehaStatehood and Plural National Identities: Revolution and Ethiopia’s Multinational Federalism (1974–2024) Etana H. DinkaThe Woyane: Ethiopia’s Lasting Revolution Kjetil TronvollEthiopia: Still Struggling with the Imperial Legacy Marina OttawayList of ContributorsIndex

Etana H. Dinka is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Miami, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in African history. His research focuses on the late nineteenth and twentieth-century political and environmental history of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa region. Dr Dinka’s latest research articles and reviews were published in peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of African History, African Studies Review, Northeast African Studies, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, and the Journal of Oromo Studies. He is the editor of Shadows of History: Nationalism, Violence and State Crisis in Ethiopia (Red Sea Press, 2025), and is a co-editor and co-translator (along with A. Triulzi and T. Ta’a) of Negotiating Power in Imperial Ethiopia, Wallagga, 1890s–1930s: A History in Documents (Naples, IT: Unior Press, 2025).

Social revolutions—those great upheavals that transform not only who controls the state but also what class dominates the economy—produce especially long-lasting reverberations. This important collection examines the ways in which the 1974 Ethiopian revolution continues into the present. Required reading for specialists and the general public.

• MapsList of AbbreviationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The 1974 Ethiopian Revolution at Fifty Etana H. DinkaPart I Historical Context and Ideological UnderpinningsRevolutionary Africa: Historical Patterns of Transformative RuptureRichard ReidEthiopian Revolution in Broader Perspective: Five Decades On John MarkakisEthiopia and the Revolution within the Revolution John YoungPart II The Road to the Revolution and Enduring ImpactsEthiopia’s Road to the Revolution Randi Rønning BalsvikLand Tenure, National Question, and the Road to The Ethiopian Revolution of 1974: The Oromo Factor Benti GetahunStruggling for Liberation: Revolutionary Iconographies, Local Nationalisms, and Evolving Practices of Resistance Sarah VaughanPart III Landholding System, State, and RevolutionLand, People, and the State in Ethiopia: Re-examining the 1975 “Public Ownership of Rural Lands” Proclamation Gutu O. WayessaEthiopia’s Unsettled Land Questions: Claims of Access, Ownership, and Governance since the 1974 Revolution Asebe RegassaPart IV Religious Dynamics, Revolution, and the StateRevolution, Repression, and Revival: The Derg’s Impact on Ethiopia’s Religions Jörg Haustein and Terje ØstebøBringing Religion Back In: The Ethiopian Revolution and Evangelical Christianity Ezekiel GebissaPart V Revolution, Ethnonationalism, and the StateRevolutionary Ruptures, Regime Changes, and the Oromo Question: A Fifty-year View of the 1974 Unsuccessful Ethiopian Revolution Asafa JalataDifferent Shades of Progressivism: The Mobilizations of the Afar People in Response to the Ethiopian Revolution and the Derg Regime, 1974–7Aramis Houmed Soulé and Éloi FicquetThe Ethiopian Revolution, Oromo Nationalism, and Environmental Challenges in Oromia Tesema Ta’a and Deressa DebuPart VI Revolution and State ReorganizationThe 1974 Revolution, the Nationality Question, and Federalism in Ethiopia Assefa FisehaStatehood and Plural National Identities: Revolution and Ethiopia’s Multinational Federalism (1974–2024) Etana H. DinkaThe Woyane: Ethiopia’s Lasting Revolution Kjetil TronvollEthiopia: Still Struggling with the Imperial Legacy Marina OttawayList of ContributorsIndex

Etana H. Dinka is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Miami, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in African history. His research focuses on the late nineteenth and twentieth-century political and environmental history of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa region. Dr Dinka’s latest research articles and reviews were published in peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of African History, African Studies Review, Northeast African Studies, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, and the Journal of Oromo Studies. He is the editor of Shadows of History: Nationalism, Violence and State Crisis in Ethiopia (Red Sea Press, 2025), and is a co-editor and co-translator (along with A. Triulzi and T. Ta’a) of Negotiating Power in Imperial Ethiopia, Wallagga, 1890s–1930s: A History in Documents (Naples, IT: Unior Press, 2025).

Social revolutions—those great upheavals that transform not only who controls the state but also what class dominates the economy—produce especially long-lasting reverberations. This important collection examines the ways in which the 1974 Ethiopian revolution continues into the present. Required reading for specialists and the general public.

• MapsList of AbbreviationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The 1974 Ethiopian Revolution at Fifty Etana H. DinkaPart I Historical Context and Ideological UnderpinningsRevolutionary Africa: Historical Patterns of Transformative RuptureRichard ReidEthiopian Revolution in Broader Perspective: Five Decades On John MarkakisEthiopia and the Revolution within the Revolution John YoungPart II The Road to the Revolution and Enduring ImpactsEthiopia’s Road to the Revolution Randi Rønning BalsvikLand Tenure, National Question, and the Road to The Ethiopian Revolution of 1974: The Oromo Factor Benti GetahunStruggling for Liberation: Revolutionary Iconographies, Local Nationalisms, and Evolving Practices of Resistance Sarah VaughanPart III Landholding System, State, and RevolutionLand, People, and the State in Ethiopia: Re-examining the 1975 “Public Ownership of Rural Lands” Proclamation Gutu O. WayessaEthiopia’s Unsettled Land Questions: Claims of Access, Ownership, and Governance since the 1974 Revolution Asebe RegassaPart IV Religious Dynamics, Revolution, and the StateRevolution, Repression, and Revival: The Derg’s Impact on Ethiopia’s Religions Jörg Haustein and Terje ØstebøBringing Religion Back In: The Ethiopian Revolution and Evangelical Christianity Ezekiel GebissaPart V Revolution, Ethnonationalism, and the StateRevolutionary Ruptures, Regime Changes, and the Oromo Question: A Fifty-year View of the 1974 Unsuccessful Ethiopian Revolution Asafa JalataDifferent Shades of Progressivism: The Mobilizations of the Afar People in Response to the Ethiopian Revolution and the Derg Regime, 1974–7Aramis Houmed Soulé and Éloi FicquetThe Ethiopian Revolution, Oromo Nationalism, and Environmental Challenges in Oromia Tesema Ta’a and Deressa DebuPart VI Revolution and State ReorganizationThe 1974 Revolution, the Nationality Question, and Federalism in Ethiopia Assefa FisehaStatehood and Plural National Identities: Revolution and Ethiopia’s Multinational Federalism (1974–2024) Etana H. DinkaThe Woyane: Ethiopia’s Lasting Revolution Kjetil TronvollEthiopia: Still Struggling with the Imperial Legacy Marina OttawayList of ContributorsIndex