... of historical material. This essay is based on the oral history interview which I undertook on the 11/04/03 with Mr M Ali at his home. The interview was conducted in Arabic, so therefore the translated transcript is not an absolute word for word translation, but the most completed that I ... the country Ethiopia was stating a claim through intervention and diplomatic efforts to control Eritrea. The discussions that were to "define Eritrea's future for the coming forty years" (Pool 1988, p32) began in April 1949, but according to the British 75% of the population supported independence, b...

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