Ethiopianism as a Bridge across the Atlantic

• In Event: The Atlantic as a River: Ethiopianism and the Black Struggle for Freedom

Description for Program

Focusing on the social, cultural and political links black Christians forged across the Atlantic, this paper will talk about efforts at coordinating an attack on European domination such as the exposure of King Leopold’s crimes in the Congo, the Garvey movement, and the fight to save Ethiopia from Italian conquest.

Author

• Andrew Barnes