Le corps des rois des rois dans la ville : Ménélik II et Haylé Sellasé à Addis Abeba
Menelik II and Haile Selassie, the two major Ethiopian sovereigns during the 20th century, both experienced troubles in their lives and at the end of their reigns: no funeral ceremonies were held at the time of their death. Various sources are available for understanding these historical events, amo...
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| description | Menelik II and Haile Selassie, the two major Ethiopian sovereigns during the 20th century, both experienced troubles in their lives and at the end of their reigns: no funeral ceremonies were held at the time of their death. Various sources are available for understanding these historical events, among them the monuments that can still be seen in the country’s capital. By crossing sources and viewpoints, both Ethiopian and foreign, we can unravel the set of circumstances surrounding the death of Menelik II and the reasons for concealing the body of the deceased. We thus understand how his successor, Haile Selassie, politically managed his predecessor’s corpse (and the memory of him) by placing his own future place of burial at the center of this political symbolism. The monuments in Addis Ababa tell us several things about the history of royal funerals in Ethiopia during the 20th century and, too, about the place of the dead sovereign’s body in the political and religious system of royalty in contemporary Ethiopia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d21606ff53424ee8a4ec82df83fd52582024-02-15T12:43:13ZdeuInstitut des Mondes AfricainsAfriques2108-6796310.4000/afriques.1015Le corps des rois des rois dans la ville : Ménélik II et Haylé Sellasé à Addis AbebaEstelle SohierMenelik II and Haile Selassie, the two major Ethiopian sovereigns during the 20th century, both experienced troubles in their lives and at the end of their reigns: no funeral ceremonies were held at the time of their death. Various sources are available for understanding these historical events, among them the monuments that can still be seen in the country’s capital. By crossing sources and viewpoints, both Ethiopian and foreign, we can unravel the set of circumstances surrounding the death of Menelik II and the reasons for concealing the body of the deceased. We thus understand how his successor, Haile Selassie, politically managed his predecessor’s corpse (and the memory of him) by placing his own future place of burial at the center of this political symbolism. The monuments in Addis Ababa tell us several things about the history of royal funerals in Ethiopia during the 20th century and, too, about the place of the dead sovereign’s body in the political and religious system of royalty in contemporary Ethiopia.https://journals.openedition.org/afriques/1015EthiopiafuneralsAddis AbabaroyaltyMenelik IIHaile Selassie |
| spellingShingle | Estelle Sohier Le corps des rois des rois dans la ville : Ménélik II et Haylé Sellasé à Addis Abeba Afriques Ethiopia funerals Addis Ababa royalty Menelik II Haile Selassie |
| title | Le corps des rois des rois dans la ville : Ménélik II et Haylé Sellasé à Addis Abeba |
| title_full | Le corps des rois des rois dans la ville : Ménélik II et Haylé Sellasé à Addis Abeba |
| title_fullStr | Le corps des rois des rois dans la ville : Ménélik II et Haylé Sellasé à Addis Abeba |
| title_full_unstemmed | Le corps des rois des rois dans la ville : Ménélik II et Haylé Sellasé à Addis Abeba |
| title_short | Le corps des rois des rois dans la ville : Ménélik II et Haylé Sellasé à Addis Abeba |
| title_sort | le corps des rois des rois dans la ville menelik ii et hayle sellase a addis abeba |
| topic | Ethiopia funerals Addis Ababa royalty Menelik II Haile Selassie |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/afriques/1015 |
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