List of works on Eth history :)

 Most important ones for history are (this list is directly from Prof Bairu):

Sergew Hable Selassie

Taddesse Tamrat
Church and state in ethiopia 1270-1527 Oxford 1972

Perham, M.
The government of Ethiopia London 1948

Rubenson, Sven
The survival of Ethiopian independence London 1976

Bahru Zewde
History of modern Ethiopia London 1992

 As to the administrative structure of Ethiopia, see

Mesfin Wolde-Mariam, Geography of ethiopia.

You may also find a list of the provinces and sub provinces in the appendix of the small
Grammar of Mersie-Hazen.

 Also check out

 The rest is selected from my bibliography, the Amharic names are transcribed so if
they’re hard to read ask.

Abbink, Jon 2017. ‘Traditional Ethiopian Legal Culture: Amharic Proverbs and Maxims on
Law and Justice’, in A. Carter McCollum, ed., Studies in Ethiopian Languages,
Literature, and History: Festschrift for Getatchew Haile, Äthiopistische Forschungen, 83
(Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz verlag, 2017), 3–20.
Aberra Jembere 2000. An Introduction to the Legal History of Ethiopia 1434-1974 (Münster:
Lit Verlag, 2000).
Abir, Mordechai 2011. Ethiopia: The Era of the Princes The Challenge of Islam and the Re-
Unification of the Christian Empire (1769-1855) (Hollywood, CA: Tsehai Publishers &
Distributors, 2011).
Aboneh Ashagrie 1996. ‘Popular Theatre in Ethiopia’, Ufahamu: A Journal of African
Studies, 24/2–3 (1996), 32–41.
Andreas Eshete 2012. ‘Modernity: Its Title to Uniqueness and its Advent in Ethiopia’, in
Elizabeth W. Giorgis, ed., What is ‘Zemenawinet’? - Perspectives on Ethiopian
Modernity (Addis Ababa: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 2012), 10–26.
Anon. 1926. ‘ብርሃንና ሰላም Bǝrhanǝnna Sälam’, 4 March 1926.
Anon. 1955. ‘1955 Revised Constitution of Ethiopia’, <
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/et/et007en.pdf >, accessed April 2019.
Anon. 1965. ስለ ኢትዮጵያ ባህል ለማጥናት የተሰበሰቡ ጽሑፎች ጥንታዊ አማርኛ ትርኢቶች /ቲያትር/ sǝlä
ityoṗǝya bahǝl lämaṭnat yätäsäbässäbu ṣǝḥufoč ṭǝntawi amarǝñña tǝrǝʾitoč /tiyatǝr/
Collection of Sources for the Study of Ethiopia Culture: Early Amharic Plays ; Afajasen
by Yoftahe Nǝguse, 1st (Addis Ababa: Haile Selassie I University Institute of Ethiopian
Studies, 1965).
Anon. 1994. የኢትዮጵያ ሕገ መንግሥት ጉባኤ ቃለጉባኤ (yä’ityoṗiya ḥǝggä mängǝśt guba’e
qaläguba’e ‘Minutes of the Ethiopian Constitution Assembly’), 1st (Addis Abäba: 1994).
Anon. 1998. ‘The House of Peoples’ Representatives Regulation No.3 /1998’, <
https://chilot.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/house-of-peoples-representatives-rules-and-
code-of-conduct-regulation.pdf>, accessed May 2019.
Anon. 2000. ‘Proclamation No. 211/2000: A Proclamation to Provide for the Establishment of
the Institution of the Ombudsman’, < https://www.eisa.org/pdf/eth2000ombudsman.pdf
>, accessed November 2020.
Anon. 2011. Selected Speeches of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I (USA: Lion of Judah
Society Publishers & Iyobelyu [Jubilee] Printing Press, 2011).
Aräfäʿayne Ḥagos n.d. አለቃ ገብረሀና እና አስቂኝ ቀልዶቻቸው። (Aläqa Gäbrähanna ǝnna Asǝqiñ
Qäldoččaččäw ‘Aläqa Gäbrä Ḥanna and His Funny Jokes’) (Addis Abäba: n.d.).
Ashagrie, Aboneh 1996. ‘Popular Theatre in Ethiopia’, Ufahamu: A Journal of African
Studies, 24/2–3 (1996), 32–41.
Ashenafi Kebedde 1975. ‘The “Azmari”, Poet-Musician of Ethiopia’, The Musical Quarterly,
61/1 (1975), 47–57.
Bahru Zewde 2001. A History of Modern Ethiopia 1855-1991, (2nd ed.) (Addis Ababa: Addis
Ababa University Press, 2001).
-- 2002. Pioneers of Change in Ethiopia: The Reformist Intellectuals of the Early Twentieth
Century (Oxford: James Currey, 2002).
-- 2007. ‘Ḫǝruy Wäldä Śellase’, in Siegbert Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, III
(Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007), 20a-21a.
Bairu Tafla 1973. ‘Two of the Last Provincial Kings of Ethiopia’, Journal of Ethiopian
Studies, 11/1 (1973), 29–55.
Bairu Tafla and Heinrich Scholler 1976. ‘Ser’ata Mangest: An early Ethiopian Constitution’,
Verfassung und Recht in Übersee / Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America,
9/4 (1976), 487–499.
Balashova, G. 2007. ‘Käbbäda Mika’el’, in Siegbert Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, III
(Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007), 315b-316a.
Bereket Habte Selassie 1966. ‘Constitutional Development in Ethiopia’, Journal of African
Law, 10/2 (1966), 74–91.
Bǝrhanu Dǝnqe n.d. ቄሳርና አብዮት qesar ǝnna abyot ‘Caesar and Revolution’ (ZA printing,
n.d.).
Bustorf, D. and C. G.H.Schaefer 2005. ‘Ǝddǝr’, in Siegbert Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia
Aethiopica, 2nd (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005), 225a–227a.
Carrell, Amy 2008. ‘Historical views of humor’, in Victor Raskin, ed., The Primer of Humor
Research (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co., 2008), 303–332.
Clapham, Christopher 2010. ‘Parliament’, in Siegbert Uhlig and Alessandro Bausi, eds,
Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, IV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010), 119a.
-- 2018. ‘The Ethiopian Developmental State’, Third World Quarterly, 39/6 (2018), 1151–
1165.
Clarke, J. Calvitt 2011. Alliance of the Colored Peoples: Ethiopia and Japan before World
War II (Woodbridge, Suffolk: James Currey, 2011).
Daññe Abbäbä 2019. የኢትዮጵያ ቴአትር እና ሥነ-ፅሁፍ ታሪክ ከልደቱ እስከ እድገቱ yä’ityoṗǝya te’atǝr
ǝnna śǝnä-ṣ́ǝhuf tarik kälǝdätu ǝskä ǝdgätu ‘The History of Ethiopian Theatre and
Literature from its Birth to its Development’, (1st ed.) (Addis Abäba: Ǝtafzär attamiwoč,
Mäskäräm 2012 = 2019 CE).
Dästa Täkläwäld 1970. ዐዲስ ያማርኛ መዝገበ ቃላት ከደስታ ተክለወልድ (ʿaddis yamarǝñña mäzgäba
qalat kädästa täkläwäld ‘New Amharic Dictionary from Dästa Täkläwäld’) (Addis
Abäba: artistic mattämiya, 1962 EC = 1970 CE).
De Lorenzi, James 2015. Guardians of The Tradition: Historians and Historical Writing in
Ethiopia and Eritrea (New York: University of Rochester Press, 2015).
Elizabeth W.Giorgis 2019. Modernist Art in Ethiopia (Athens: Ohio University Press, 2019).
Elleni Centime Zeleke 2019. Ethiopia in Theory: Revolution and Knowledge production,
1964-2016 (Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2019).
Ethiopian Languages Research Center (ELRC) 2001. ኣማርኛ መዝገበ ቃላት (ʾamarǝñña mäzgäba
qalat ‘Amharic dictionary’) (Addis Abäba: artistik mattämiya, 2001).
Erlich, Haggai 2018. Haile Selassie: His Rise, His Fall (London: Lynne Reinner Publishers,
2018).
Ǝgwalä Gäbrä Yoḥannǝs 2010/2011. የከፍተኛ ትምህርት ዘይቤ (yäkäfǝtäñña tǝmǝhǝrt zäybe ‘The
Ways of Higher Education’) (Addis Abäba: አርቲስቲክ ማተሚያ ቤት artistic mattämiya bet,
2003 EC = 2010/2011 CE).
Fantahun Ǝngǝda 2008. ታሪካዊ መዝገበ-ሰብ፡ ከጥንት እስከ ዛሬ tarikawi mäzgäbä-säb: kä ṭǝnt ǝskä
zare ‘Historical People Dictionary: From Ancient Times Until Today’ (Addis Abäba:
Ṭǝr 2000 EC = 2008 CE).
Fasil Nahum 1980. ‘Socialist Ethiopia’s Achievements as Reflected in its Basic Laws’,
Journal of Ethiopian Law, 11/1 (1980), 83–88.
Fekade Azeze 2002. ‘Mengistulore: oral literatures depicting the man, his regime, officials
and proclamations’, in Bahru Zewde and S. Pausewang, eds, Ethiopia: The Challenge of
Democracy from Below (Uppsala: Elanders Gotab, 2002), 149–168.
Fǝṣṣum Wäldämaryam 2017. የዓፅመ ጊዮርጊስ ገብረ መሢህ ድርሰቶች፡ የኦሮሞ ታሪክ (ከ 1500-1900)
(ክፍል አንድ እና ሁለት) (Yäʿaṣ́mä Giyorgis Gäbrä Mäśih Dǝrsätočč: yäʾoromo tarik
(kä1500-1900) (kǝfl and ǝnna hulätt ʿAṣ́mä Giyorgis Gäbrä Mäśih’s works: The History
of the Oromo (from 1500-1900) (Part one and two)’) (Addis Abäba: Far East Trading,
Miyazya 2009 EC = 2017 CE).
Fitawrari Amäde Lämma 2011. የሕይወት ታሪኬ፡ ከመጋቢት 1913 - ሚያዚያ 2001 (yä ḥǝywät tarike:
kä mägabit 1913 - miyaziya 2001 ‘The History of My Life: From March 1921 - April
2009’) (Addis Abäba: Master matämmiya bet, 2011).
Fitawrari Täklä Ḥawaryat Täklä Maryam 2006/2007. አውቶባዮግራፊ (የሕይወቴ ታሪክ)
awtobayografi (yäḥǝywäte tarik) ‘Autobiogarphy (My Life’s History)’, (2nd ed.) (Addis
Abäba: Addis Ababa University Press, 1999 EC = 2006/2007 CE).
Gäbrähǝywät Baykädaññ 1960/1961. መንግሥትና የህዝብ አስተዳደር (mängǝśt ǝnna yähǝzb
astädadär ‘Government and People’s Administration’) (Addis Abäba: n.a., 1953 EC =
1960/1961 CE).
Gǝrma Säyfu Maru 2017. የተከበሩት¡: የህወሓት/ኢህአዴግ ፖለቲካና ፓርላማው (yätäkäbbärut: yä
hǝwǝhat/ihadeg polätikanna parlamaw ‘Honorable: TPLF/EPRDF’s politics and
parliament’) (Addis Abäba: Nebadan Publication, 2017).
G.H.Schaefer, C. and Amsalu Aklilu 2005. ‘Ǝqqub’, in Siegbert Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia
Aethiopica, 2nd (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005), 346b–347a.
Habtamu Gǝrma 2016. ‘ልማታዊ መንግስትና አብዮታዊ ዲሞክራሲ (Lǝmatawi mängǝstǝnna abyotawi
dimokrasi “The Developmental State and Revolutionary Democracy”)’, Addis Admas,
2016, < https://bit.ly/3s0rqI4>, accessed September 2020.
Hailu Habtu 2004. Merse’é Hazen Wolde Qirqos Of What I Saw and Heard: The Last Years
of Emperor Mǝnilǝk II & The Brief Rule of Iyassu (Addis Ababa: Zamra Publishers,
2004).
Hama Tuma 1993. The Case of the Socialist Witchdoctor and Other Stories (Oxford:
Heinemann Educational, 1993).
Hiruie Ermias 2020. ‘The Amharic proverbs and their use in Gǝʿǝz Qǝne (Ethiopian poetry)’,
African Journal of History and Culture, 12/1 (2020), 28–34.
Käbbäda Mikaʾel n.y. ሥልጣኔ ማለት ምንድነች? (śǝlǝṭṭane malät mǝndǝnäčč? ‘What is
Modernization’) (Asmara: : Koriyeri Eritriyo Maḫbä mattämiya bet, n.y.).
Käśate Bǝrhan Täsämma 1958/1959. የዐማርኛ መዝገበ ቃላት / ከተሰማ ሀብተ ሚካኤል ግጽው ተደርሶ ተጻፈ
(Yä-amarǝñña mäzgäbä qalat / kä-Täsämma Habtä Mikael Gǝṣṣǝw tädärso täṣafä
‘Amharic Dictionary written by Täsämma Habtä Mikael Gǝṣṣǝw’) (Addis Abäba: artistik
mattämiya bet, 1951 EC = 1958/1959 CE).
Kassahun Berhanu 2005. ‘Parliament and Dominant Party System in Ethiopia’, in M. A.
Mohamed Salih, ed., African Parliaments: Between Governance and Government (New
York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005).
Kidanä Wäld Kǝfle 1955/1956. መጽሐፈ፡ ሰዋስው፡ ወግስ፡ ወመዝገበ፡ ቃላት፡ ሐዲስ። ንባቡ፡ በግእዝ፡
ፍችዉ፡ ባማርኛ። (Mäṣḥafä säwasǝw wägǝss wämäzgäbä qalat ḥaddis. Nǝbabu bägǝʾǝz
fǝččǝw bamarǝñña, ‘A book of grammar and verb, and a new dictionary. Reading in
Gǝʿǝz and translation in Amharic’) (Addis Abäba: Artistik mattämiya bet, 1948 EC =
1955/1969 CE).
Kidane Mengisteab 1997. ‘New Approaches to State Building in Africa: The Case of
Ethiopia’s Ethnic-Based Federalism’, African Studies Review, 40/3 (1997), 111–132.
Kimberlin, C.T. 2005. ‘Ǝmbilta’, in Siegbert Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, II
(Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2005), 273a–574b.
-- 2007. ‘Nägarit’, in Siegbert Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, III (Wiesbaden:
Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007), 1104b.
Levine, Donald N. 2014. Wax and Gold: Tradition and Innovation in Ethiopian Culture,
(Chicago; London: University of Chicago Press, 2014).
Mohammäd Sälman 2011. ፒያሳ፣ ማሕሙድ ጋ ጠብቂኝ! (Piassa: mäḥammud ga ṭäbǝqiññ! ‘Wait for
me at Mohammud’s’) (Addis Abäba: Sitman General, Mäskäräm 2004 EC = 2011 CE).
Mahtämä-Sellasé Wälda-Mäsqäl and Bairu Tafla 1969. ‘A Study of the Ethiopian Culture of
Horse-Names / የኢትዮጵያ ባሀል ጥናት። ቼ በለው yä Ityoṗiya bahäl ṭǝnat. če bäläw’, Journal
of Ethiopian Studies, 7/2 (1969), 195–303.
Marcus, Harold G. 1995. The Life and Times of Menelik II (Ethiopia 1844-1913) (The Red
Sea Press, 1995).
Marew Alemu 2001. ‘ምትክ ስያሜ በአማርኛ (Mǝtǝk Sǝyyame bä’amarǝñña “Replacement words
in Amharic”)’, Ethiopian Journal of Languages and Literature, 1/11 (2001).
Mäsfǝn Wäldämaryam 2017/2018. እንዘጭ!-እምቦጭ! የኢትዮጵያ ጉዞ ǝnzäč̣!-ǝmboč̣! yäʾityoṗya
guzo ‘Crash!-Crash! Ethiopia’s travel’ (Addis Ababa: 2010 EC = 2017/2018 CE).
Melakou Tegegn 2012. ‘Mengistu’s “Red Terror”’, African Identities, 10/3 (2012), 249–263.
Merera Gudina 2006. ‘Contradictory Interpretations of Ethiopian History: The Need for a
New Consensus’, in David Turton, ed., Ethnic Federalism: The Ethiopian Experience in
Comparative Perspective (Oxford; Addis Abeba: James Currey; Addis Ababa University
Press, 2006), 119–129.
Messay Kebede 1999. Survival and Modernization Ethiopia’s Enigmatic Present: A
Philosophical Discourse (Asmara: The Red Sea Press, 1999).
-- 2008. Radicalism and Cultural Dislocation in Ethiopia, 1960-1974 (New York: University
of Rochester Press, 2008).
-- 2013. ‘The Ethiopian Conception of Time and Modernity’, Philosophy Faculty
Publications, (2013), 1–17.
Messing, Simon 1956. ‘Ethiopian Folktales Ascribed to the Late Nineteenth Century Amhara
Wit, Aläqa Gäbre-Hanna’, Journal of American Folklore, 70/275 (1956), 69–72.
Mintesnot Gebeyehu and Shin-ei Takano 2007. ‘Diagnostic Evaluation of Public
Transportation Mode Choice in Addis Ababa’, Journal of Public Transportation, 10/4
(2007).
Molvaer, Reidulf K. 1997. Black Lions: The Creative Lives of Modern Ethiopia’s Literary
Giants and Pioneers (Lawrenceville, NJ: The Red Sea Press, Inc., 1997).
Newnam, Sharon, Wondwesen Girma Mamo, and Getu Segni Tulu 2014. ‘Exploring
differences in driving behaviour across age and years of education of taxi drivers in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’, Safety Science, 68 (2014), 1–5.
Pankhurst, R. 2005. ‘Gäbäṭä’, in Siegbert Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, II
(Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2005), 598b-599a.
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Plastow, Jane 1996. African Theatre and Politics: The Evolution of Theatre in Ethiopia,
Tanzania and Zimbabwe; A Comparative Study, Cross cultures, 24 (Amsterdam: Rodopi,
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-- 2020. History of East African Theatre, Volume 1: Horn of Africa, 1st, Transnational Theatre
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Prouty, Chris 1986. Empress Taytu and Menelik II (London: The Red Sea Press, 1986).
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(Ḫǝggä Mängǝst bä Ityoṗiya: KäFǝtǝha Nägäst ǝskä I.Fe.DI.RI. ‘Constitution in
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Šibäši Lämma 1992/1993. ተጠየቅ (Täṭṭäyäq ‘Be Asked’) (Addis Abäba: Kuraz asattämi
dǝrǝǧǧǝt, 1985 EC = 1992/1994 CE).
Solomon Deressa 1969. ‘Letter from Addis Ababa’, African Arts, 2/2 (1969), 42-44 + 62.
Taddäsä Gäbrä Maryam 2011. ‘የሚኒባስ ታክሲዎች ታሪፍ ሊጨምር ነው፤ የቀጣና ስምሪት ዛሬ ይጀምራል
yäminibas taksiwoč tarif lič̣ämǝr näw; yäqäṭana sǝmǝrit zare yǝǧämmǝral “Minibus tarifs
are going to increase; ordered service will begin today”’, Reporter, 11 May 2011, 1; 5.
Täklä Ḥawaryat Täklä Maryam 1921/1922. ያውሬዎች ተረት ‘ፋቡላ Yawrewoč Tärät ‘Fabula
Fabels of Animals’ (Addis Abäba: 1913 EC = 1921/1922 CE).
-- 1931/1932. ‘Täklä Hawaryat Täklämariam. ጃንሆይ ቀዳማዊ ኃይለ ሥላሴ በፈቃዳቸው ሕገ መንግሥት
ስለማቆማቸው የገንዘብ ሚኒስትር በጅሮንድ ተክለ ሐዋርያት በ 1924 ዓ.ም. ለመሳፍንቱና ለመኳንንቱ
የተናገሩት የስብከት ቃል። (Ǧanhoy qädamawi Ḫaylä Śǝllase bäfäqadaččäw ḥǝggä mänggǝst
sǝlä maqomaččäw yägänzäb minister bäǧǝrond Täklä Hawaryat Täklä Maryam bä1924
ʿa.m. lämäsafintu ǝnna lämäkwanǝntu yätänaggärut yäsǝbkät qal. “The speech given to
the political elite and nobility by Bejirond Täklä Ḥawaryat, the Minister of Finance,
about Emperor Haile Selassie’s willing drafting of the constitution”)’, (Addis Abäba,
1924 EC = 1931/1932 CE).
Thomas, Michael W. 2018. ‘From Yeseytan Bet - Devil’s House to 7D: Mapping Cinema’s
Multidimensional Manifestations in Ethiopia from Its Inception to Contemporary
Developments’, in Michael W. Thomas, Alessandro Jedlowski, and Aboneh Ashagrie,
eds, Cine-Ethiopia: The History and Politics of Film in the Horn of Africa, African
Humanities and the Arts (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2018), 1–26.
Tigab Bezie 2012. ‘Political Satire in Ethiopian History, 1913-2005’, (Addis Ababa: Addis
Ababa University, 2012).
Tilahun Meshesha Fenta 2014. ‘Demands for Urban Public Transportation in Addis Ababa’,
Journal of Intelligent Transportation and Urban Planning, 2/3 (2014), 121–128.
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