Abstract:
Historical enquiry and research in Ethiopia has been for long centered on general themes.
"ffowever, in the last decade attempts have made to reconstruct the history of many localities
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from a local vantage point. To this end, apart from some references made in relation to the
general historical developments of Gojjam, it is difficult to find the history of the Warada
explained in a relatively detailed way. It is towards filling the gap that the study has conducted.
The study concentrated on reconstructing the history of the Warada to 1991. It starts its
historical analysis for the Warada by exposing the different developments that Warada had'
experienced before the Italian occupation period. The restoration of the Imperial rule and the
chan~e! the restored Imperial administration had introduced especially in relation to
administration and'land relations and the subsequent reactions of the peasants of the Wafada to
economic and political lives of the peoples of the Warada are the major areas of emphasis for
the study. Finally, the Warada both during the Imperial and during the Ddrg regime
• inadequately furnished with basic socio-economic facilities.
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the introduced changes are the main themes of analysis for the period between 1941 and 1974.
The study also tried to see developments that the Warada had experienced during the Diirg
regi~ The new regime's attempt to place its power on a better footing by introducing several
measures at a national had its own negative and its challenges'and positive effects in the socio-