The Fall of Haile Selassie: How the 1974 Revolution Ended an Empire | የቀዳማዊ ኃይለ ሥላሴ ውድቀት (Ep 7)

The Fall of Haile Selassie: How the 1974 Revolution Ended an Empire | Two Centuries of Power, Ep 7 የቀዳማዊ ኃይለ ሥላሴ ውድቀት፡ የ1966ቱ አብዮት January 1974: a mutiny at a remote army post. By September, an emperor who had ruled for decades was driven away from his palace in a small car. How did four words, Land to the Tiller, help bring down an empire? This extended cut of Episode 7 follows the student movement and Walelign Mekonnen's 1969 essay on the nationalities question, the cascade of 1974 (the Negele Borana mutiny, strikes, and the hidden Wollo famine), the military committee known as the Derg, the deposition of Haile Selassie, the executions of November 1974, and the land reform of March 1975, a profound break with landlord power that also gave the state new reach into every village. This is episode 7 of 27 in a documentary series tracing power, land, identity and conflict in Ethiopia, from the 1800s to 2026. ⏱ Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:25 Land to the Tiller 00:44 The Schools Built Critics 01:43 The Nationalities Question 02:47 The Road to Revolution 03:02 January 1974 03:25 The Derg Takes Power 04:12 November 1974 04:27 Land to the Tiller, 1975 05:12 Who Holds the Land Now? 05:52 New Rulers, No Limits 06:18 What Comes Next 06:38 Next Episode ▶ Next: Mengistu and the Red Terror: When Ethiopia's Revolution Turned on Its People Music Music: "Darkness is Coming" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). License: CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music: "Rising" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). License: CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music: "Virtutes Vocis" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). License: CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music: "Impact Lento" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). License: CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music: "Final Count" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). License: CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music: "Heavy Heart" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). License: CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music: "Old Road" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). License: CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music: "Stay the Course" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). License: CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music: "Man Down" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). License: CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Additional score synthesized for this production. Image credits: see the pinned comment below. About this video Narration uses a synthetic (AI-generated) voice. Interpretations and proposals are presented as such; the contemporary account is dated to August 2026. Images illustrate the people and places discussed and are labelled on screen; they are not evidence of specific incidents unless stated. #Ethiopia #EthiopianHistory #HaileSelassie #TwoCenturiesOfPower #AfricanHistory #HistoryDocumentary #Derg #Revolution1974 #ኢትዮጵያ #ታሪክ