A History of Patriotic Resistance in Märhabété Area, 1936-1941.

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.