This thesis seeks to reconstruct the aspects of the political, social, and economic history of Semada warada of the South Gondar Administrative Zone. It is mainly based on a critical analysis of archival sources and oral information gathered from the field. The thesis focuses on the district's history in the period between 1941 and 1991. The thesis then looks at the post­ liberation (1941) administrative reorganization of administration and its characteristic in the district. Systems of land tenure and taxation as well as tribute collection on the district are the other themes examined in the imperial period. Jn addition, trade and its role as source of income and impact on the processes of urbanization in the district are discussed. The attempted resistance against the military junta in the district and the process by which the government imposed its rule was another important issue discussed in the thesis. The Darg subJequently introduced several socio-economic and political reforms and programs. The thesis looks at the nature of those reforms, how far they succeeded and brought tangible results in the district. The thesis also discusses and analyzes the civil war between the government and EPRDF forces in the years between 1989 and early 1991 as well as its impacts on the inhabitants of the district. As a historical research, this paper is based on a systematic selection, collection, and analysis of archival documents, manuscripts, and secondary sources of both published and unpublished.