History Of Grass ¿ Roots Problems And Oppositions In Addis Ababa 1960

On the dawn of the revolution, all the groups including the grass - roots of the city rose against the state officials of the emperor; finally the movement for the change was seized by the men in uniform. After the military regime controlled the power of the country, the desire of the grass - roots for both the change and improvement was reduced highly. Without such strongly expressed oppositions the grass - roots of the city spent the military regime, furthermore the political consciousness of the grass - roots in the city reduced in this period highly and finally the military regime was toppled by the military groups called Ethiopian Peoples- Democratic Revolutionary Front in 1991.

Biruk Wondimu. Lecturer at Raya University,Ethiopia