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Menelik II stands almost alone in the modern era as a champion of African territorial prerogatives and historical heroism in the face of an external threat. Both volumes make a magnificent contribution to African history. DR. MOLEFI KETE ASANTE Professor and Chair, Department of African American Studies, Temple University Both a work of history and literature... it is a record and recounting of a legendary emperor and his people in the process and practice of shaping their world in their own image and interests. DR. MAULANA KARENGA Professor and Chair, Department of Africana Studies, California State University, Long Beach Pageantry and courtly ritual come alive in these pages... leading up to the dramatic confrontation with the Italians at the battle of Adwa. Anyone who wishes to understand the Ethiopia of Empress Taytu and Emperor Menelik will find a rich trove here. DR. RAYMOND JONAS Author of The Battle of Adva: African Victory in the Age of Empire The juxtaposition of Gebre-Selassie's text and Coppet's scrupulous, copious, and comprehensive annotations offer challenging interpretative possibilities. This is a book whose importance is hard to overestimate for readers and scholars interested in the era of Menelik II. DR. MAMIRE MENNASEMAY Senior Editor of the International Journal of Ethiopian Studies Since its publication in French in 1930, Emperor Menelik's chronicle has been a major, albeit rare, landmark of Ethiopian studies. Through its English translation it has become a monument, fully accessible to the global readership. DR. ÉLOI PICQUET Coeditor of Understanding Contemporary Ethiopia: Monarchy, Revolution and the Legacy of Meles Zenawi The Chronicle is a must read for those who want to understand the 19th century Eshiopia, le captures the complexity of state building, incorporation of autonomous peoples and rearrangement of territories. It illustrates part of Ethiopia's turbulent period and the cost of building a nation. DR. TADESK WOLDE GO