Meskerem_(magazine)

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Meskerem (Amharic: መስከረም) 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]

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Meskerem was published quarterly.[5] The first issue of Meskerem was published in September 1980 and 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]

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