2. Titles
1)What is the history of Adwa
2)When was the history of Adwa
3)Why is Adwa victory celebrated
4)Why did Italy go to war with Italy
5)What was Ethiopia called before
6 )How many people dead in Adwa
7) How long did Italy occupy Ethiopia
3. WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF ADWA
•The battle of Adwa of 1 March 1896 was a
stunning victory for Ethiopia but a rout and
a disaster for Italy. Adwa – the story of
Africans seeing to their own freedom –
played out against a background of almost
unrelenting European expansion into Africa
4.
5. WHEN WAS THE BATTLE OF
ADWA
•March 1, 1896
•Battle of Adwa/Dates
•Battle of Adwa, Adwa also spelled Adowa or
Italian Adua, (March 1, 1896), military clash
at Adwa, in north-central Ethiopia, between
the Ethiopian army of Emperor Menilek II
and Italian forces
6. WHY IS ADWA VICTORY CELEBRATED IN
ETHIOPIA EVERY YEAR
•ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia
In addition to dashing the hopes of fascist Italy to
capture and colonize the entire Horn of Africa
region, the Adwa victory inspired a continent-wide
movement of pan-Africanism. It also paved the way
to the birth of the Organization of African Unity,
later to become the African Union
7.
8. WHY DID ITALY GO TO WAR WITH
ETHIOPIA
•The aim of invading Ethiopia was to
boost Italian national prestige, which was
wounded by Ethiopia's defeat
of Italian forces at the Battle of Adowa in
the nineteenth century (1896), which
saved Ethiopia from Italian colonisation
9. HOW LONG DID ITALY OCCUPY
ETHIOPIA
•The Italian “occupation" of
Ethiopia during Fascism lasted
from 1935-36 to 1941,
while Italian rule in the Horn of
Africa (Eritrea and Somalia) was
much longer (1880s-1940s).
10.
11. WHAT WAS ETHIOPIA CALLED
BEFORE
•Abyssinia
•In English, and generally outside
of Ethiopia, the country was once
historically known as Abyssinia.
This toponym was derived from the
Latinized form of the ancient
Habash
12.
13. HOW MANY PEOPLE DIE IN
ADWA
•6,000
•The Italians suffered about 6,000 killed
and 1,500 wounded in the battle and
subsequent retreat back into Eritrea,
with 3,000 taken prisoner. Brigadiers
Dabormida and Arimondi were amongst
the dead. Ethiopian losses have been
estimated at around 4,000–5,000 killed
and 8,000 wounded.
