#54 Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/54/ Practical remedies to disputes over historical markers in public spaces Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:07:43 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://contestedhistories.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-CH_Symbol_Light_Bkg@10x-32x32.png #54 Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/54/ 32 32 Haile Selassie Statue at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa https://contestedhistories.org/resources/occasional-papers/haile-selassie-statue-at-the-african-union-headquarters-in-addis-ababa-2?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=haile-selassie-statue-at-the-african-union-headquarters-in-addis-ababa-2 Mon, 31 Jan 2022 12:42:28 +0000 https://contestedhistories.org/resources// The post Haile Selassie Statue at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa appeared first on Contested Histories.

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]]> Haile Selassie Statue at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa https://contestedhistories.org/resources/case-studies/haile-selassie-statue-at-the-african-union-headquarters-in-addis-ababa?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=haile-selassie-statue-at-the-african-union-headquarters-in-addis-ababa Sun, 04 Jul 2021 20:26:06 +0000 https://contestedhistories.org/resources// The 32nd African Union Summit in Addis Ababa in February 2019 was opened with the unveiling of a new statue of Ethiopia’s last emperor Haile Selassie. The statue, in honour of his founding role in the creation of the organisation, is a controversial addition to the AU premises. Opinion over Selassie remains highly divisive given […]

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]]> The 32nd African Union Summit in Addis Ababa in February 2019 was opened with the unveiling of a new statue of Ethiopia’s last emperor Haile Selassie. The statue, in honour of his founding role in the creation of the organisation, is a controversial addition to the AU premises. Opinion over Selassie remains highly divisive given his strong external commitment to Pan-Africanism and continental anti-colonial movements, while domestically he maintained a highly centralised feudal state that violently repressed demands for national autonomy and political rights. This case study explores the eight-year long debate spanning from Addis Ababa to Accra over whether Selassie should be honoured with a statue at the AU.

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