Maps List of Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction: The 1974 Ethiopian Revolution at Fifty Etana H. Dinka Part I Historical Context and Ideological Underpinnings Revolutionary Africa: Historical Patterns of Transformative Rupture Richard Reid Ethiopian Revolution in Broader Perspective: Five Decades On John Markakis Ethiopia and the Revolution within the Revolution John Young Part II The Road to the Revolution and Enduring Impacts Ethiopia's Road to the Revolution Randi Rønning Balsvik Land Tenure, National Question, and the Road to The Ethiopian Revolution of 1974: The Oromo Factor Benti Getahun Struggling for Liberation: Revolutionary Iconographies, Local Nationalisms, and Evolving Practices of Resistance Sarah Vaughan Part III Landholding System, State, and Revolution Land, People, and the State in Ethiopia: Re-examining the 1975 "Public Ownership of Rural Lands" Proclamation Gutu O. Wayessa Ethiopia's Unsettled Land Questions: Claims of Access, Ownership, and Governance since the 1974 Revolution Asebe Regassa Part IV Religious Dynamics, Revolution, and the State Revolution, Repression, and Revival: The Derg's Impact on Ethiopia's Religions Jörg Haustein and Terje Østebø Bringing Religion Back In: The Ethiopian Revolution and Evangelical Christianity Ezekiel Gebissa Part V Revolution, Ethnonationalism, and the State Revolutionary Ruptures, Regime Changes, and the Oromo Question: A Fifty-year View of the 1974 Unsuccessful Ethiopian Revolution Asafa Jalata Different Shades of Progressivism: The Mobilizations of the Afar People in Response to the Ethiopian Revolution and the Derg Regime, 1974-7 Aramis Houmed Soulé and Éloi Ficquet The Ethiopian Revolution, Oromo Nationalism, and Environmental Challenges in Oromia Tesema Ta'a and Deressa Debu Part VI Revolution and State Reorganization The 1974 Revolution, the Nationality Question, and Federalism in Ethiopia Assefa Fiseha Statehood and Plural National Identities: Revolution and Ethiopia's Multinational Federalism (1974-2024) Etana H. Dinka The Woyane: Ethiopia's Lasting Revolution Kjetil Tronvoll Ethiopia: Still Struggling with the Imperial Legacy Marina Ottaway List of Contributors Index.