A HISTORY OF "RED TERROR" IN JIMMA TOWN  1976-1978

BETGILU, TEMAM

dc.contributor.author	BETGILU, TEMAM
dc.date.accessioned	2017-08-08T02:58:38Z
dc.date.available	2017-08-08T02:58:38Z
dc.date.issued	2017-08-08
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7659
dc.description	A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND HERITAGE MANAGEMENT OF BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY	en_US
dc.description.abstract	This thesis is concerned with a history of "Red Terror" in Jimma town between 1976 and 1978. It discusses from the background of the 1974 revolution to that of the final verdict of the court in the trial of "Red Terror" in 2008. Confidential court and government archives of the event are used in writing this paper. The socialist ideology of Derg was designed to get relief from the massive popular opposition. Some of the socialist reforms of Derg resolved age old questions of the masses and the urban intelligentsia. But Derg also began to eliminate those, who demanded more revolutionary reforms. EPRP also agitated socialism, but profoundly opposed the Derg's way. Each of them claims that, their side was the correct for the development of the nation and prosperity of its citizens. But the gain of the nation and its people was the "Reign of Terror". In 1991 EPRDF formed a new government, both Derg and EPRP stand before the law, the yield of the trial was "Victor's Justice" This study attempted to fill some gaps by elucidating the main events of "Red Terror" in Jimma. My research is seen by many people as active political issue, so my attempt to obtain archival source raised suspicion and unwillingness even to discuss about the "Red Terror". Thus, I am forced to build privacy confidentiality with some of my informants to get archival sources. Courts of the country have been cooperative more than the archival centers I used to visit while writing this paper. To find out the historical accounts of the event as much as possible, I relied on primary sources. This paper is only prelude to study about the "Red Terror". The study and documentation of the event in Ethiopia in general and Jimma town in particular is still requires more thorough investigation.	en_US
dc.subject	HISTORY AND HERTAGE MANAGEMENT	en_US
dc.title	A HISTORY OF "RED TERROR" IN JIMMA TOWN 1976-1978	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US