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Aboneh Ashagrie
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DOI:10.17265/2328-2177/2016.12.001
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Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
ABSTRACT
Ethiopia that had been at
the high-up as one of the few world powers in the 1st and early centuries of
the 2nd millennium, and later to descend to poverty line to the extent of being
synonym for famine and degradation in an English dictionary, is currently on
the verge of socio-economic renaissance. Likewise, the country that experienced
film viewing in the very early years of the development of world cinema for
more than hundred years had eventually lagged behind those African countries exposed
to cinematic arts a few decades ago; but now relatively ascending to its
historical status. These days, over hundred films are produced on annual bases
in Ethiopia. Nevertheless, articles, books, and encyclopedias written on
African and world cinema do not as such include the Ethiopian account, hence
adversely affecting the wholeness of universal knowledge. This research thus
attempts to investigate the socio-economic and political impacts that governed
the development of the Ethiopian screen media during imperial era (1897-1974).
The inconsistency in the development of Ethiopian cinema will be analyzed and
demonstrated in conjunction with the socio-economic and political features in
the era of Emperor Menelik II, Lij Iyasu, Empress Zewditu, and Emperor Haile
Sellassie. The study will portray the strong link between Cinema and mode of
productions that would be of a scholastic benefit to the Ethiopian and the
international academia. The article hopefully, will contribute to the
historiography and completeness of African screen median in particular, and
world cinema in general.
KEYWORDS
Ethiopia, cinema, development, socio-economic and political impacts, historiography
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