Title: No easy walk.
Authors: Odjidja, Bernard.; Milner, J. Edward.; Matshikiza, John.; Acacia Productions.; Channel Four (Great Britain); Cinema Guild.
Publisher: Distributed by Cinema Guild,
Year: 2006
Subjects: National liberation movements Ethiopia.; Anti-imperialist movements Africa History.; Adwa, Battle of, Adwa, Ethiopia, 1896.; Anti-imperialist movements; International relations; National liberation movements; Ethiopia History; Ethiopia Foreign relations; Africa; Ethiopia; Ethiopia Adw
Abstract: Using contemporaneous newsreels and press reports and interviews with historians and eyewitness survivors traces the history of Ethiopian independence and national sovereignty beginning with the defeat of Italian colonial domination in 1896. Also examines Ethiopia's role in advancing anti-colonialism and the struggles for independence throughout Africa. Chronicles the history of colonialism and the struggle for independence in Ethiopia, including the 1896 Battle of Adowa, Emperor Menelik's modernization program, Mussolini's invasion in 1935, and the postwar establishment of the Organization for African Unity in Addis Ababa in 1963.