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Adwa (Tigrinya: ዓድዋ; Amharic: ዐድዋ; also spelled Adowa or Aduwa) is a town and separate woreda in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. It is best known as the community closest to the site of the 1896 Battle of Adwa , in which Ethiopian soldiers defeated Italian troops, thus being one of the few African nations to thwart European colonialism .
The Battle of Adwa (Amharic: የዐድዋ ጦርነት; Tigrinya: ውግእ ዓድዋ; Italian: battaglia di Adua, also spelled Adowa) was the climactic battle of the First Italo-Ethiopian War. Ethiopian army, led by Ras Makonen Wolde Mikael , managed to defeat the heavily outnumbered invading Italian and Eritrean force led by Oreste Baratieri ...
The Hewett Treaty, also called the Treaty of Adwa, was an agreement between Britain, Egypt [a] and Ethiopia signed at Adwa on 3 June 1884. The treaty ended a long-simmering conflict between Egypt and Ethiopia, but indirectly started a new conflict between Ethiopia and Italy .
The Adwa Victory Day (Amharic: የዐድዋ ድል ቀን) is a national holiday in Ethiopia which is celebrated on 2 March, in commemoration of Ethiopian victory against Italy's colonization effort at the Battle of Adwa in 1896.
On 12 June 2012, a music video for "Tikur Sew" was released. The black-and-white music video depicts the event at the Battle of Adwa featuring Emperor Menelik II and General Balcha Safo, Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis Dinagde. However, the song was criticized for factual inaccuracies surrounding Ras Makonnen Wolde Mikael. Directed by Tamrat Mekonnen ...
About six thousand Eritrean Ascaris, serving in both infantry and artillery units, were present at the Battle of Adwa where they fought against 120,000 Ethiopians on 1 March 1896. Of these, 2,000 ascari were killed and 800 were captured and mutilated [ 11 ] by having their right hands and left feet amputated by the victorious Ethiopians, who ...
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Abba Garima Monastery is an Ethiopian Orthodox church, located around five kilometres east of Adwa, in the Mehakelegnaw Zone of the northern Tigray Region in Ethiopia. It was established in the sixth century by one of the Nine Saints , Abba Garima , and built by King Gabra Masqal (also Gebre Meskel).