Tigrai The Agony And The Ecstasy

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1. List of Abbreviations ...........................................................1

2.Introduction........................................................................6

          - The living and the Dead..............................................10

          - A conversation on war and peace.................................15

3. Tigrai: The Agony and the Ecstasy........................................15

Part I Historical Perspective.................................................15

• Tigrai the Agony and the Ecstasy.....................................15

• The Birth of the Tigraian Revolution...................................25

• Tigrai: From the first Woyane to the present.......................27

• The first Woyane 1943 – 1944..........................................28

• The Second Woyane ......................................................35

                   Phase One: Early Development..........................42

                   Phase Two: Consolidation.................................58

                   Phase Three: The Final phase............................64

Part II Diverse Stories...........................................................98

·         Guests of the Front..............................................98

·         Russian Guests...................................................102

·         Prisoners of War.................................................108

·         The Baito: A grassroot Democracy.........................115

·         Land Reform......................................................118

·         Relief and Rehabilitation.......................................121

·         How many Injeras does it eat?..............................123

·         The second Army...............................................126

·         Shewata: A Ray of Hope......................................129

·         Minminie Road....................................................133

Part III The Famine and its Victims........................................141

·         Getting One’s priorities right..................................141

·         Let the Facts Speak............................................150

·         We shall Never Forget .........................................156

·         More than Carrying guns ......................................159

·         Operation Shoestring............................................162

·         The Many Faces of Altruism....................................176

Part IV The Dergs Brutalities...................................................183

·         Resettlement........................................................183

·         Survivors of Genocide.............................................187

·         Hawzen Remembered..............................................191

Part V A daring Dashing Move  .................................................195

·         Operation Ag’azi....................................................195

·         Prison graduates....................................................203

·         The other prisoners................................................220

Part VI Victory at Last.............................................................266

·         Tigrai 1988 – 1989.................................................266

Postscript.......................................................................291

 Bibliography...................................................................307

 Attachments...................................................................308