埃塞俄比亚的土地问题和革命后的土地改革

THE LAND PROBLEM OF ETHIOPIA AND ITS LAND REFORM AFTER REVOLUTION

1974年革命前,埃塞俄比亚是一个具有几千年历史的古老封建帝国,作为这个帝国的社会经济基础的封建土地制度是根深蒂固的。但是1974年塞拉西王朝被推翻后掀起的强大土地改革运动却将它一举摧垮了。因此。

Ethiopia had been an old feudal empire with a long history of severalthousand years and a deep rooted feudalistic land ownership. In the prelongedstruggle in which Ethiopian people was fighting against the feudal rule ofEmperor Selassie, land problem constantly remained as a focus of the struggle.The enormous campaign for land reform launched after revolution in 1974 finallyswept away such feudal land system at one stroke. A deep examination ofEthiopian land problem and its land reform after revolution is not only helpfulfor our comprehending the nature of main social contradictions and socialchange of the state at present, but also of significance for our investigatingthe land systems in other African countries.