Professor Achamyeleh Debela on the Victory of the Battle of Adwa

SEATTLE – Distinguished Ethiopian patriot-scholar Professor Achamyeleh Debela recites a poem in honor of the Victory of the Battle of Adwa. In 1896, Ethiopian patriots under the leadership of the great Emperor Menelik defeated Italian invaders. The Victory of Adwa is celebrated every year on March 3. (The background patriotic song is played by legendary Alemayehu Fantaw, a former music instructor at Yared School in Addis Ababa).