Italians made A national anthem for their Ethiopian colony

[Somali_patriotic]

Written by an Egyptian who visited an Ethiopian school.
The used to sing this national anthem at schools

Translation:
"Hey you little Abyssinian with the burned face!!

We will take you free to Rome
And you will soon wear the black dress.

Wait for the hour, for it is close
the hour of your liberation from slavery and hellfire.

And when we reach you we will present our
New systems and a new king.

And we will take you with us to Rome and we will march
all infront of the king and infront of the Dolce."

Kkk we wuz not colonized and shieet.

 

[Emir of Zayla]

Even their prince got kidnapped by them and made into the British king’s slave before he got killed and today 150 years later his body still rots in the basement of the Windsor castle. The flies prob already ate his corpse tho

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/05/23/ethiopia-prince-alemayehu-windsor-castle/

 

[Khaem]

Written by an Egyptian who visited an Ethiopian school.
The used to sing this national anthem at schools
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Translation:
"Hey you little Abyssinian with the burned face!!

We will take you free to Rome
And you will soon wear the black dress.

Wait for the hour, for it is close
the hour of your liberation from slavery and hellfire.

And when we reach you we will present our
New systems and a new king.

And we will take you with us to Rome and we will march
all infront of the king and infront of the Dolce."

Kkk we wuz not colonized and shieet.

It's even worse than that. It's talking about beautiful Abyssinian girls and taking them home to rome to meet their true king and giving you another law.

 

[Zak12]

Even their prince got kidnapped by them and made into the British king’s slave before he got killed and today 150 years later his body still rots in the basement of the Windsor castle. The flies prob already ate his corpse tho

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/05/23/ethiopia-prince-alemayehu-windsor-castle/

Didn't Haile Selassie give his daughter to the British?

 

[Lumo]

This makes me wonder. Why do people talk like these guys were not colonised? Probably the biggest misconception on african history.

 

[Zak12]

This makes me wonder. Why do people talk like these guys were not colonised? Probably the biggest misconception on african history.

Because they were occupied for five years. Not colonized like Eritrea was

 

[Khaem]

This makes me wonder. Why do people talk like these guys were not colonised? Probably the biggest misconception on african history.

They won a battle against the italians at adwa I'll give them that. But if Europe really wanted to colonise them they'd get folded. The British just made them their . After twedros II died in 1868 Ethiopia was basically a British client. They were allowed to expand into the present borders and were even given ogaden.

 

[Lumo]

Because they were occupied for five years. Not colonized like Eritrea was

But they were colonized.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Ethiopia

The Italian king even declared himself "Emperor of Ethiopia"

They even had the banknotes.

 

[Zak12]

But they were colonized.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Ethiopia

The Italian king even declared himself "Emperor of Ethiopia"

They even had the banknotes.

Its a conquest sxb, lasted only five years with little long term consequences. Its like saying France was colonized by Germany during WW2.

 

[Somali_patriotic]

Didn't Haile Selassie give his daughter to the British?

Yeah he did wallahi bro had no face.
They later came and freed the Abyssinians from the italians, maybe it was worth it.