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Land dispute was the cause of the conflict although people did not stop associating it with religion.
3. The 28 August 1946 massacre in Asmara: It was Eid day, and members of the SDF were playing cards near Aba Shawl. Dawit Mesfin’s fine biography at last extends Woldeab the recognition he has long deserved.”
Alex DeWaal is a writer and researcher on African issues and the Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation
"Even after death, they tried to silence him.
In the process, he has made an invaluable contribution to Eritrean history.”
Michela Wrong, author of 'I didn't do it for you; how the world used and abused a small African nation’.
“This book provides a unique insight into the contribution made by a critically important figure in Eritrea’s long history of asserting its identity as a nation.
In other words, Eritreans framed and formulated their national identity out of the abusive and unjust experiences they had withstood for decades. But if convened, it was no more Gebre-Meskel Woldu but Tedla Bairu who was asked by Col. Nega to lead the team. We just unite”. Many members of the Patriotic Association (which was still Eritrean in aim) thought that there was still time for them to iron out differences within the group by adopting a common platform that they can be reached through political compromises.
Looking back, I do not know why I continued to bang my head against a brick wall as the project exposed my weaknesses time and again. In 1946 he brought together Christian and Muslim nationalists to advocate for the independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia.
Between 1947 and 1953 he was subjected to seven assassination attempts. It is said that a 12-point item agenda was accepted for the Waala suggesting the idea of an autonomous Eritrea, which would enjoy civil liberties like freedom of press, religion, association, formation of parties and settle the issue of languages. The British authorities were advised on the matter, and granted permission for the main Waala to take place in Biet Giorgis as scheduled.
Ethiopia, which knew what was going on in the [Eritrean] Patriotic Association, was angered.
When one talks to parents, one does not pose conditions. The Eritrean map and aspects of its identity were more or less shaped by the Italians. I consider myself lucky to have survived the journey. After the annulment of the election he was forced to seek asylum in Egypt.
During the Eritrean War of Independence, he was not able to affect authority over political or military forces in Eritrea.
Col. Nega, who was in Addis on reporting mission after the August massacre, hurriedly returned to Asmara together with a representative of the unionist society in Addis Ababa. Woldeab retorted in the strongest terms possible. It was replaced by the Patriotic Association for the Union of Eritrea with Ethiopia, and members of the latter name became literal agents of the state of Ethiopia.
His commitment to individual freedom, democracy and justice was as unshakable as his commitment to the unity of Eritrea and the dignity of its people. Woldeab had set the world of Eritrean politics in motion in the 1940s and had tried to preserve it when the political factions were at each other’s throats. One was a faction calling for Eritrea’s association with Ethiopia and another faction advocating a separate status.
Surviving numerous assassination attempts, he not only fashioned Eritreans’ agenda for liberation but also became the finest writer of Tigrinya, the country’s leading language. The urge to share what I found out with the reader at the outset was so pressing I had to start the story with those findings. While doing its job, the force was projected by Col.
Nega and his team as “enemy of Christian Eritreans”.
2. Tor’a-Tsenadegle Conflict: On 15 August 1946, the Tor’a and Tsenadegle conflict erupted in Akele-Guzai; 11 Tor’as were killed and 40 wounded.