Ametsegna Washa Explained

Ametsegna Washa, also known as the "Cave of the Rebel"[1] and "The Cave of Zeret",[2] is a cavern located near the village of Zeret in Ethiopia.[3] The cave was the location of the Massacre of Gaia Zeret, a massacre of 2500 Ethiopians in 1939 during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wehrey . Frederic . In the Cave of the Rebel Frederic Wehrey . 2023-06-22 . The New York Review of Books . en.
  2. Ayferam . Gashaw . January 2015 . Ametsegna Washa, the cave of the last battle of the Italo-Ethiopian war; Guerrilla Fighting against Fascism and Colonialism during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War . International Journal of Science and Engineering . 1 . 1 . 1–16 . ResearchGate.
  3. Dominioni . Matteo . 2006 . Etiopia 11 aprile 1939 La strage segreta di Zeret . Italia Contemporanea . 243 . 287–302 . reteparri.it.