Meskerem (magazine)

Meskerem

Cover of Amharic-language edition of Meskerem
Editor-in-Chief Amha Dagnew
Categories Ideological and theoretical publication
Frequency Quarterly
Publisher Ideological Department of the Central Committee of the Commission for Organizing the Party of the Working People of Ethiopia
Total circulation 100,000
First issue September, 1980
Final issue
— Number		 June 1983
Vol. 3, No. 14
Country Ethiopia
Language Amharic, English

Meskerem was a communist theoretical publication published in Ethiopia, issued by the Ideological Department of the Central Committee of the Commission for Organizing the Party of the Working People of Ethiopia.[1] The goal of Meskerem was to relate Marxist-Leninist theory to objective conditions in Ethiopia.[2] Meskerem functioned mainly as an instrument for political education.[3] Amha Dagnew was the editor-in-chief of Meskerem.[4]

Meskerem was published quarterly.[5] The first issue of Meskerem was published in September 1980, the last issue (vol. 3, no. 14) was published in June 1983.[1] Meskerem, which appeared in both Amharic and English versions, had a circulation of 100,000.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Clapham Christopher. Transformation and Continuity in Revolutionary Ethiopia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. p. 262
  2. ↑ Keller, Edmond J. Revolutionary Ethiopia: From Empire to People's Republic. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991. p. 199
  3. 1 2 Ofcansky, Thomas P., and LaVerle Bennette Berry. Ethiopia: A Country Study. [Whitefish, Mont.?]: Kessinger Pub, 2007. p. 257
  4. ↑ World Marxist review, Volume 24. 1981. p. 40
  5. ↑ Lockot, Hans Wilhelm. Bibliographia Aethiopica 2 The Horn of Africa in English Literature. Wiesbaden: Steiner, 1998. p. 521
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