The student movement now had a single, unified voice. However, these concessions were not enough to stop the student movement. In the period between 1969 and 1974, the government cracked down hard on the student movement, violently dispersing organized demonstrations. Despite the fact that the student movement had become increasingly disjointed by 1974, it had succeeded in weakening the government’s control significantly and created a general era of political unrest. “Important Root of the Ethiopian Revolution: The Student Movement.” Ethiopia in Change: Peasantry, Nationalism, and Democracy.

Source: Ethiopian News February 17, 2021 16:41 UTC