Abstract:
This thesis deals with a history of patriotic Resistance in Märhäbété, 1936-1941.The
objective of this thesis is to reconstruct a history of the patriotic resistance against the
Italians in Märhäbete area. In this regard, the thesis analyzes the births of the ressistance
groups, natures of the ressistance, challenges of the ressistance and legacy of the Italian rule
on the people of merhabete area. In the reconstructing the history of the resistance of the
area under consideration archives have been used from National Archives and Library
Agency, Addis Ababa University, institutes of Ethiopian study, Jimma Universty. These have
been further substantiated and counter-checked by secondary materials and interviews made
in Märhäbete areas.
In the thesis historical research and historiography research approach implemented.
Documented the history of the patriotic resistance in Märhäbété, provide a better
understanding about the sacrifices made by the people of Märhäbete to eliminate the fascist
Italians, identify the patriotic leaders and their coordination with neighboring district
patriots, the role of women, and the role of inner patriots, the collaborators, the foreign
support, and the liberation of Ethiopia. The study stimulates other researchers to construct
history of patriotic resistance in different areas that their history did not well document. It
will serve as a background for further studies on the same topic since the available of
references in the country is a serious problem, was the findigs of this Thesis.
