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Meskerem
መስከረም
Cover of Amharic-language edition of Meskerem
Editor-in-ChiefAmha Dagnew
CategoriesPolitical journal
FrequencyQuarterly
PublisherIdeological Department of the Central Committee of the Commission for Organizing the Party of the Working People of Ethiopia
Total circulation100,000
First issueSeptember, 1980
Final issue
Number
June 1983
Vol. 3, No. 14
CountryEthiopia
LanguageAmharic, English

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]

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]

References

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