African Camp Fire Stories

Summary African History Quickies – Episode 10 – Ethiopia Defeats Italy, Part V The story of false treaties, the First Italo-Ethiopian War – and the battle of Adwa. Featuring: Menelik II; Ethiopia; Italy; Tigray; Amharic; King Umbreto II; Addis Ababa; Adwa; Eritrea; and much more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Summary African History Quickies – Episode 9 – Ethiopia Defeats Italy, Part iv The history of the Ethiopian ruling dynasty. Ethiopia’s link to Orthodox Christianity, King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Reference list will be provided with the last episode of this series. Featuring: Menelik II; Abyssinia; Ethiopia; Italy; Haile Selassie; Yohannes IV; King Solomon; Queen of Sheba; Menelik I; Orthodox Christianity; Mount Entoto; and much more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Summary Christmas and Hanukkah Special – Episode 5 – Date of Christmas We provide a quick-look summary of the history Christianity in North Africa. The rest and the big part of the episode looks at how the Date for Christmas Day was chosen. Featuring: Tertullian; Christmas; Gregorian Calendar; Rome; Augustus; Perpetua; Clement of Alexandria; Origen of Alexandria; Marcion; Ethiopia; Eastern Orthodox Church; Cyprian, Athanasius and Augustine of Hippo; and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Summary African History Quickies – Episode 8 – Ethiopia Defeats Italy, Part iii On this episode, Italy and Ethiopian fight over Eritrea. Ethiopian engages in Holy War. Italy fails to accomplish her goals in the battlefield. The Bibliography (Further Reading List) will come with the last episode of the Ethiopia Defeats Italy series Featuring: Ethiopia; Eritrea; Italy; Esma’il Pasha; the Madhi; Mahummad Ahmad Abd Allah; Yohannes IV; Menelik II; Battle of Dogali; and much more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Summary African History Quickies – Episode 7 – Ethiopia Defeats Italy, Part ii This is the second episode of our Ethiopia Defeats Italy mini-series. Who is Isma’il Pasha? And how did his actions eventually lead to a dishonest agreement between Britain and Ethiopia – an agreement that would see both Ethiopia and Italy promised Eretrea at the same time. How can that not lead into a clash. A Further Reading List for this mini-series will be published with the last episode of the series. Featuring: Ethiopia; Italy; Yohannes IV; France; Britain; Eretrea; Isma’il Pasha the Magnificent; the Madhi; and much more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.