Imperialism is Bi-Partisan
4 min readFeb 28, 2021
When I grew up, the consensus and pride that existed amongst my Ethiopian family members were that Ethiopia was never colonized. We needed to be proud of our fighting off against the colonialism of the Italians, and we later teamed up with the British to defeat Mussolini and the fascists. I had grown up to feel immense pride about the history of the Battle of Adwa and the presumed independence that we had. I really believed that we were…