- Author
- Jan Nyssen (UGent) , Biadgilgn Demissie, Emnet Negash (UGent) , Hailemariam Meaza, Sofie Annys (UGent) , Tesfaalem Ghebreyohannes and Zbelo Tesfamariam
- Organization
- Abstract
- The war waged by the Ethiopian Federal Government and Eritrea against the Tigray regional government, which lasted from November 2020 to November 2022, caused massive devastation. Multiple war crimes were reported and there were claims of genocidal intent. A starvation campaign led to the death of at least 300,000 civilian victims. One of the places that managed to escape the destruction was the Dabba Selama village. Located in Tigray’s Dogu'a Tembien district, the village is composed of four settlements, home to about 5,000 people. These settlements are scattered around one of Ethiopia’s oldest monasteries. Located on an isolated, elevated, flat ridge, the community is highly dependent on agriculture. We’ve published a book on the Dogu'a Tembien district, based on 25 years of geographical research in the district. In January 2023, after the war had ended, we returned to the district to continue research on the society and environment. We focused on 10 villages in Dogu'a Tembien, one of which is Dabba Selama. The residents of Dabba Selama consider themselves lucky. Other villages became targets for military attacks. In four of the ten villages, massacres of civilians occurred. Women and girls were victims of sexual violence perpetrated by military forces. Homes, schools and farm products were deliberately destroyed. Even though the war front moved past Dabba Selama several times, the community suffered less than the other villages we studied, thanks to their geographical isolation, strong community bonds and agriculturally productive landscape.
Citation
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01H1S059DCDC1S07W2AZTND8ZF
- MLA
- Nyssen, Jan, et al. Ethiopia : How a Lucky Village in Tigray Survived the Devastating War. no. 30-05–2023, The Conversation, 2023.
- APA
- Nyssen, J., Demissie, B., Negash, E., Meaza, H., Annys, S., Ghebreyohannes, T., & Tesfamariam, Z. (2023). Ethiopia : how a lucky village in Tigray survived the devastating war. The Conversation.
- Chicago author-date
- Nyssen, Jan, Biadgilgn Demissie, Emnet Negash, Hailemariam Meaza, Sofie Annys, Tesfaalem Ghebreyohannes, and Zbelo Tesfamariam. 2023. “Ethiopia : How a Lucky Village in Tigray Survived the Devastating War.” The Conversation.
- Chicago author-date (all authors)
- Nyssen, Jan, Biadgilgn Demissie, Emnet Negash, Hailemariam Meaza, Sofie Annys, Tesfaalem Ghebreyohannes, and Zbelo Tesfamariam. 2023. “Ethiopia : How a Lucky Village in Tigray Survived the Devastating War.” The Conversation.
- Vancouver
- 1.Nyssen J, Demissie B, Negash E, Meaza H, Annys S, Ghebreyohannes T, et al. Ethiopia : how a lucky village in Tigray survived the devastating war. The Conversation; 2023.
- IEEE
- [1]J. Nyssen et al., “Ethiopia : how a lucky village in Tigray survived the devastating war,” no. 30-05–2023. The Conversation, 2023.
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author = {{Nyssen, Jan and Demissie, Biadgilgn and Negash, Emnet and Meaza, Hailemariam and Annys, Sofie and Ghebreyohannes, Tesfaalem and Tesfamariam, Zbelo}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{30-05-2023}},
publisher = {{The Conversation}},
title = {{Ethiopia : how a lucky village in Tigray survived the devastating war}},
url = {{https://theconversation.com/ethiopia-how-a-lucky-village-in-tigray-survived-the-devastating-war-205023}},
year = {{2023}},
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