Woldeab woldemariam biography of abraham
As a journalist and activist in the s and 50s, Woldeab Woldemariam is acclaimed by Eritreans as the father of their national movement....
Woldeab Woldemariam
Woldeab Woldemariam (ወልደአብ ወልደማርያም), also spelled Weldeab Weldemariam, (April 27, 1905 – May 15, 1995) was an Eritrean revolutionary and political figure who was one of the original proponents of the Eritrean Independence movement and an uncompromising advocate of freedom considered by many Eritreans as fathers of Eritrea nationalism.
One can say that he was a product of Italian as well as British rule.
He worked closely with Ibrahim Sultan Ali after the Federation with Ethiopia to secure Eritrean Independence.
Woldemariam (also known by his nickname as WelWel) was a teacher, journalist, radical revolutionary, a great debater and an uncompromising advocate of freedom.
His commitment to individual freedom, democracy and justice was as unshakable as his commitment to the unity of Eritrea and the dignity of its people. The clarity of his thinking, which was expressed in his newspaper articles of the 1940s, is now available to a new generation, compiled in a book (Mirutsat Anqetsat Ato Woldeab, 1941–1991).
The book was edite