Nationalism, peasant politics &amp; the emergence of a vanguard front in Eritrea

Gebre‐Medhin, Jordan

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Volume 11, Issue 30

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Nationalism, peasant politics & the emergence of a vanguard front in Eritrea

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Author(s): Jordan Gebre‐Medhin

Publication date (Print): September 1984

Journal: Review of African Political Economy

Publisher: Review of African Political Economy

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The concern of this article is with explaining the difference between the two Eritrean liberation movements. It argues against Pool's thesis in ROAPE19 that the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) was rooted in the pastoral lowland people and the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) was able to transcend its practices as it drew on a ‘higher’ agricultural mode of production in the highlands. Instead it is argued that the composition of both movements was not dissimilar, but that the original ELF gained from the popular movement of serf rebellion in the pastoral areas, but then split as it was only the breakaway EPLF that could, through its political and ideological stance, successfully tackle the problem of agrarian reform in the agricultural areas.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): crea20

Journal ID (archive): CREA

Title: Review of African Political Economy

Publisher: Review of African Political Economy

ISSN (Print): 0305-6244

ISSN (Electronic): 1740-1720

Publication date (Print): September 1984

Volume: 11

Issue: 30

Pages: 48-57

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Publisher ID: 8703583 Coden ID: Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 11, No. 30, September 1984, pp. 48-57

DOI: 10.1080/03056248408703583

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AESNA (Association of Eritrean Students in North America). . 1977. . ‘EPLF Leading Peasants Masses’ and ‘Eritrean Peasant Intensify Class, Struggle’. . Eritrea in Struggle . , Vol. 2((2 & 3))
Heiden Lynda. . 1978. . ‘The Eritrean Struggle’. . Monthly Review . , Vol. 30((2)): 13––19. .
Nadel S.F.. 1945. . ‘Notes on Beni‐Amer Society’. . Sudan Notes and Records . , Vol. 26((1)): 51––94. .
Trevaskis G.K.N.. 1960. . Eritrea: A Colony in Transition . , London : : Oxford University Press. .
1978. . ‘Interview, Sabhat Efraim’. . Vanguard . , Vol. 3:: 1––21–32. .
1978. . ‘Reportage’. . Vanguard . , Vol. 3((6)): 21––25. .

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[1] AESNA (Association of Eritrean Students in North America). . 1977. . ‘EPLF Leading Peasants Masses’ and ‘Eritrean Peasant Intensify Class, Struggle’. . Eritrea in Struggle . , Vol. 2((2 & 3))

[2] Heiden Lynda. . 1978. . ‘The Eritrean Struggle’. . Monthly Review . , Vol. 30((2)): 13––19. .

[3] Nadel S.F.. 1945. . ‘Notes on Beni‐Amer Society’. . Sudan Notes and Records . , Vol. 26((1)): 51––94. .

[4] Trevaskis G.K.N.. 1960. . Eritrea: A Colony in Transition . , London : : Oxford University Press. .

[5] 1978. . ‘Interview, Sabhat Efraim’. . Vanguard . , Vol. 3:: 1––21–32. .

[6] 1978. . ‘Reportage’. . Vanguard . , Vol. 3((6)): 21––25. .