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Abiy Project

Name: Abiy Project
Brand: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
SKU: 44320134
Price: 17861 HUF
Availability: InStock
Author: Tom Gardner
ISBN: 9781911723103

God, Power and War in the New Ethiopia

Tom Gardner

Language

English

Book Hardback

Libristo code: 44320134

Publishers C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, June 2024

In 2018, Ethiopia and the world were in the throes of ''Abiymania'', a fervour of popular support fo... Full description

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In 2018, Ethiopia and the world were in the throes of ''Abiymania'', a fervour of popular support for the divided country''s young, charismatic new prime minister. Arriving as if from nowhere, Abiy Ahmed, a Pentecostal Christian, promised democratic salvation and national unity. For his role brokering a historic peace with neighbouring Eritrea, he received the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. Hailed at home as a prophet and abroad as a liberal reformer, Abiy was all things to all men.

But his democratic revolution wasn''t quite what it seemed. Within two years, Ethiopia had lurched into a devastating civil war, threatening state collapse. By 2023, fighting on an apocalyptic scale had killed hundreds of thousands in the northern Tigray region; famine stalked the land; and Ethiopia''s once-promising economy lay in tatters. But Abiy had never looked stronger.

Based on hundreds of interviews with Ethiopians of all persuasions, and extensive reporting across the country, this book traces the fading hope of Ethiopia''s transition, unravelling the paradoxes of an enigmatic world leader. Despite everything, Abiy remains in power, embodying the new Ethiopia in all its contradiction, triumph and tragedy. But his attempt to remould the country in his image almost broke it — and may break it still.