Ethiopian history

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes.We learn why, in 2004, Uruguayans voted to enshrine water as a human right in their constitution - the first country in the world to do so. And environmental historian Ellen Arnold reveals how water has shap ...  Show more

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.Our guest is Dr Elisabeth Fondren, Associate Professor of Journalism at St John's University in New York, USA.We start by hearing some groundbreaking frontline reporting from the B ...  Show more

This episode is a special one, as we interview esteemed Doctor, Professor, and Historian Haile Larebo on the historical significance on some of the kingdoms, peoples and regions in the southern, central, and western Ethiopia during the Medieval Ages such as the Kembatta, Hadiya, ...  Show more

The Shifta, The “Mad-Man”, The Visionary, Robin-Hood, the Uniter... There are many names to describe one of the most important and praised figures in Ethiopian History, yes, Emperor Tewodros himself. Join us as we discuss his past, his coming to power, how he, "the son of a Kosso ...  Show more

The Stele of Axum, a 4th century Ethiopian treasure, was finally returned by Italy in 2005. It had been taken from the ancient town of Axum in northern Ethiopia by invading Italian fascist forces in 1937. The huge 24 metre tall stele was originally erected to mark the site of a r ...  Show more

We're joined by return guest Princess O'Nika Auguste, here to share the story of The Queen of Sheba. Princess explains this Queen's connection to Ethiopian, Rastafarian, Yemeni, Islamic, Jewish, Christian, and Black history. Follow Princess's podcast Badass Women of History Suppo ...  Show more